Magazine and On-line Databases - Listed alphabetically


Magazine and On-line Databases Listed alphabetically [Go to Subject Listing]
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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.
ALLDATA A comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.
ANCESTRY LIBRARY EDITION This database offers full-text information on genealogy resources.
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.
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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BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works 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 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.
BUSINESS & COMPANY ASAP Recommended for: General user, Professionals. Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers, and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers, and company directory profiles with full text and images. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.
BUSINESS & COMPANY RESOURCE CENTER Recommended for: General user, Professionals. Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
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CAMIO® - CATALOG OF ART MUSEUM IMAGES ONLINE Recommended for: General user. CAMIO®—Catalog of Art Museum Images Online—is a premiere resource of works of art from around the world contributed and described by leading museums. Showcasing a wide range of fine and decorative art, CAMIO provides high-quality art images for education, research and enjoyment. All content is rights-cleared for educational use. Every work in CAMIO is represented by at least one high-resolution image and a description. Many have additional views of the work, sound, video and curatorial notes.
CAREER CRUISING Career Cruising has been designed with one goal in mind: to help students plan their future. With exceptional assessment tools, detailed occupation profiles, and comprehensive post-secondary education information, students move seamlessly through the career exploration and planning process.
CHILTONLIBRARY.COM Recommended for: General user. ChiltonLibrary.com represents the 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. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.
CINAHL BASIC Recommended for: General public and health professionals. CINAHL provides indexing for 2,931 journals with 1,000,000 records dating back to 1981, covering nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers indexing to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for more than 1,200 journals are also included. Full text material includes 70 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. Contains only limited full text (70 journals).
COMPUTER DATABASE Computer Database has over 2,687,481 articles from journals, trade magazines and popular computing magazines. Some full text.
CULTUREGRAMS CultureGrams offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date information on the cultures of the world, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. CultureGrams Online has photo and recipe collections, biographies of famous people, maps, and more.
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DETROIT NEWS Full text of this local newspaper from 1999. Updated daily.
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EDUCATOR'S REFERENCE COMPLETE Recommended for: Educators and Parents. Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. All full text.
ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONS ONLINE (ECO) Recommended for colleges and universities. A collection of scholarly journals in the sciences and social sciences. Includes agriculture, library science, anthropology, literature, business, medicine, economics, philosophy, education, political science, fine arts, psychology, geography, religion, history, science, language, social science, law, technology. Some full text.
eLIBRARY ELEMENTARY Recommended for: K-12. Video, audio, books, pictures, magazines, maps, newspapers, & transcripts of TV and radio shows. All full text.
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.
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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GALE POWERSEARCH This link allows users to search in one convenient step all of the Gale databases provided by the Michigan ELibrary (MeL).
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
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.
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.
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.
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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HERITAGE OF THE PRINTED BOOK Recommended for: Colleges and Universities. The Hand Press Book Database is a unique and growing catalog of European printing in the early modern era or “hand-press period” (15th century to the 1830s). This resource integrates descriptive records for major European national, university and research library holdings. It is especially valuable for research in intellectual history, social history and transmission of thought—as well as the history of printing and the history of the book.
HEALTH & WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER Recommended for: Students, Patients, 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.
HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER ACADEMIC Recommended for: Students, Patients and Health Professionals. Provides access to professional and personal health magazines, journals and reference sources. Mostly full text.
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.
HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, & MEDICINE (HSTM) Recommended for: Colleges and universities. HSTM integrates four premier tools (Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and citations from the Wellcome Library) to create an international bibliography for the history of science, technology and medicine. It reflects the influence of these fields on society and culture from prehistory to the present and offers outstanding value for interdisciplinary research. Database records describe journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the contents of nearly 9,500 journals.
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INFORME! Recommended for: Spanish Language Resources. Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
INFOTRAC CUSTOM NEWSPAPERS A collection of approximately 900 full text newspapers from around the country and the world.
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.
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.
ISSUES & CONTROVERSIES Reference database of more than 250 controversial topics in the news since September 1995 combining objective analysis, clear explanations of opposing viewpoints, chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, and bibliographies.
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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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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.
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 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.
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.
MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTION A user-friendly directory for Macomb County school personnel to help link students and their families with community services.
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.
MeLCAT Recommended for: General user. 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 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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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.
NEW YORK TIMES Recommended for: General user. The daily newspaper New York Times 1995-present. All full text.
NEWSBANK MICHIGAN NEWSPAPERS Recommended for: General user. Full text of the Detroit News (1/1/1999-Current), Grand Rapids Press (2002-Current), and Lansing State Journal (1/1/1999-Current).
NOVELIST Recommended for: Readers of fiction (all ages), librarians, and teachers. Helps to find the next best fiction book to read. Search by author, title, series, plots, or even books like the one you just finished. Browse lists of award winners, lists of genres, and lists based on age. Create and save lists of your own favorites. Find book discussion guides and more. This has something for children, young adults, and adults, plus specific information for teachers, and librarians.
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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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SCIPIO: ART & RARE BOOK SALES CATALOGS Recommended for: General user and Colleges and universities. Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs is the only online union catalog of auction catalog records in existence. This database provides bibliographic access to auction sales catalogs from all major North American and European auction houses as well as private sales—valuable sources of information on the provenance of art objects and rare books, the history of collection, and contemporary and historical market trends.
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.
SIRS RENAISSANCE Recommended for: High school, College and university. Provides dynamic information on the following topics: architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and visual arts. Full-text articles are selected from more than 1,200 domestic and international publications. Many articles are accompanied by full-color images, including art reproductions, photographs, and illustrations.
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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TURFGRASS INFORMATION FILE (TGIF) Recommended for: General user. In the 1960s, the Michigan State University (MSU) Library began to collect printed turfgrass materials. In 1968, the personal collection of the late O.J. Noer, pioneer turf agronomist, was added to the library holdings through the O.J. Noer Foundation. Today, the combined collection is recognized as the most extensive public collection of turfgrass material in existence. Between 1983 and 1992, the United States Golf Association (USGA) Turfgrass Research Program supported the development of the USGA Turfgrass Information File (TGIF). Using the Noer Collection as a foundation, TGIF was designed to systematically inventory published turf research and make the bibliographic information available via a computerized database. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. Some full text.
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WHAT DO I READ NEXT? Recommended for: General user, Reading Advice. A database to help you decide what to read next. Search by character, topic, setting, time period, genre, title, author and series. Will also make recommendations based upon likes and dislikes.
WILSON SELECT PLUS Recommended for: High School, College. All full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.
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.
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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