Database Descriptions

Access Science: Encyclopedia articles, media, etc., covering the sciences and technology.

Anatomy.TV: Interactive 3-D functional anatomy.

Business Source Complete: Articles and additional material on all aspects of business, economics, accounting, banking, marketing, management, finance, etc.

Career and Technical Education: Career and career education information.

CountryWatch: Overviews of the economic, social, political, health and environmental data and issues for countries of the world.

CQ Press Encyclopedia of American Government: Articles explaining American democracy and government from both historical and contemporary perspectives.

CQ Public Affairs Collection: Source of original legislative documents and analysis of issues facing the government and legislators.

CQ Researcher: Objective reports on national and international issues, 1991 to date.

CQ Weekly: Objective reporting on Congress, 1983 to date.

Criminal Justice Periodicals: Articles on drug and law enforcement, crime and criminals, prisons, security, family law, etc.

ebrary: A collection of online books across all disciplines.

EBSCO: Periodical articles across all disciplines. Specific databases may be pre-selected.

Encyclopedia Britannica: The encyclopedia enhanced with media, other resources and access to excerpted periodical articles.

ERIC(Education): Access to educational periodical literature, research and documents.

Facts on File: World news since 1940 with access to historic documents, photos, etc.

Films On Demand: Educational films across all disciplines.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Periodical articles on political, social, scientific, educational and environmental issues and topics.

Gale U.S. History in Context: Periodical articles and additional resources on American history.

Gale World History in Context: Periodical articles and additional resources on all countries’ history.

General Science Full Text: Periodical articles across all scientific disciplines.

Health & Wellness Resource Center: Reference books, periodical articles, etc., on all aspects of medicine, health and nutrition.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition: Articles from nursing, allied health and medical periodicals.

Healthfinder: Publications from government and non-profit organizations on all aspects of personal health.

LexisNexis Academic: Periodical articles and additional resources on American and international law, business and news.

Literature Online: Source of some original works as well as periodical articles on world writers and their writings.

Literature Resource Center: Periodical articles on world writers and their writings.

MedlinePlus: Health information and publications from the National Institutes of Health.

Medpedia: An interactive medical community creating a medical wikipedia.

Military and Government: Periodical articles on military and governmental issues.

Morning Call: Allentown’s newspaper; access since 1984 via Newsbank.

NetLibrary: Collection of ebooks across all academic disciplines.

New York Times (1851-2008): Full text of the New York Daily Times (1851-1857) and the New York Times (1857-2007); current content available in NewsBank, ProQuest and LexisNexis.

NewsBank: Access to over 1,300 U.S. newspapers.

OCLC FirstSearch: Primarily an international index to material held in member libraries. Some indexing of articles.

Oxford Art Online: Access to several major art encyclopedias and reference works.

Pop Culture Universe: Background and commentary on current and enduring issues.

Professional Development (Education): Periodical articles and reports on all educational issues.

Project MUSE: Articles from periodicals in the humanities and social sciences.

ProQuest: Periodical articles across all disciplines. Specific databases may be pre-selected.

ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source: Periodical articles in nursing, physical and occupational therapy and other allied health treatments and services.

PsycARTICLES: Articles from periodicals published by the APA and associated publishers.

Psychology (ProQuest): Articles from psychology and discipline related periodicals.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences: Articles from psychology and discipline related periodicals.

PubMed: Full text periodical articles from the biomedical sciences.

Religion and Philosophy: Periodical articles in religion and philosophy.

Safari Books Online: A collection of ebooks covering all aspects of computing, digital media and information studies.

STAT!Ref (single user license): Access to selected nursing and medical reference titles.

Vocational and Career: Articles from periodicals covering industries and the trades.

Wall Street Journal: Full text of the Wall Street Journal since 1984.

WorldCat: Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.