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Research Databases, eBooks & Digital Archives

1785 - 1985 London Times Digital Archive

Two hundred years of one of the most respected newspapers in the world. Each issue is captured cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration. Go There Now

1902-1990 Times Literary Supplement

A complete facsimile edition of the Times Literary Supplement, from 1902 through 1990, for students and scholars to explore in greater depth the literary activity and critical opinion makers of the 20th century. Go There Now

19th Century U.S. Newspapers

With digital images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable. Go There Now

Academic OneFile

Peer-reviewed journals and reference sources covering the disciplines of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Includes full-text New York Times content from 1995 to the present. Features Podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Go There Now

American National Biography Online

Biographies of men and women whose lives have shaped the nation. Special collections include Black History, Women’s History, Asian Pacific American Heritage, American Indian Heritage, and Hispanic Heritage. Go There Now

ARTstor

Requires pop-up blocker to be turned off. Digital art images and associated data. Images are international in scope and coverage includes a wide variety of civilizations, time-periods and media. Go There Now

Biography Resource Center

Contains biographical information in many subject areas, including, but not limited to, science, multicultural studies, business, politics, government, history, entertainment, sports, arts, and literature. Go There Now

Book Review Index Online Plus

Comprehensive reference database for locating reviews of books, periodicals, books-on-tape and electronic media. Contains the entire backfile of Book Review Index print content (1965-). Go There Now

Books and Authors

A readers's advisory source for fiction and non-fiction with numerous search criteria, genre lists, plot summaries, author information, award lists, etc. Book jacket images, book reviews from more than 30 sources, and user-friendly tools that allow users to store reading and search lists and create reviews and ratings. Go There Now

Britannica Online Public Library Edition

This resource includes Encyclopedia articles, magazines and journals, Web sites, multimedia, dictionary and thesaurus entries, as well as links to web sites for The New York Times and BBC News. Go There Now

Britannica Online School Edition

Access to encyclopedia and related content on three levels: elementary, middle and high school, as well as teacher resources. More than 124,000 encyclopedia articles, photos, illustrations, maps, video and other media; student-friendly Web sites, periodical articles, atlas, dictionary and thesaurus; and integrated curriculum standards. Go There Now

Business and Company Resource Center

Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Go There Now

Career E-book Collection

A customized collection of more than 250 electronic books for vocational needs. Titles focus on career selection, resume and cover letter writing, interviewing, changing careers, test-taking strategies and more. Go There Now

CultureGrams

Country reports that provide snapshots of the world’s cultures. Separate editions for World, States, Provinces and Kids that accesses 200+ United Nations-member countries included, with reports containing history, customs, family, lifestyle, recipes, economy and more. Each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and the 13 Canadian provinces are included, with reports containing maps, flags, symbols, history, economy, geography, population and more. It also includes video stories, slideshows, a worldwide photo gallery and create-your-own data tables. Go There Now

Custom Newspapers

NY Times (1995-), Christian Science Monitor (1996-), Charleston Post & Courier (2000-), Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1996-), Times (London; 1985-), + 40 other domestic newspapers and 60 other international newspapers. Go There Now

Dance in Video

Contains dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Go There Now

Drama for Students

This eBook provides an introduction that provides an overview of the play, brief biography of the playwright, a plot summary, an annotated character list, a discussion of the play's principal themes, understandable essays on the play's construction (setting, dialogue, imagery), historical and cultural context sections that illuminate the play's role in inter-curricular studies, excerpted critical commentary on various facets of the play, extensive subject/theme, ethnicity/nationality, and author/title indexes. Go Threre Now

EasyBib Premium Edition

Citing research couldn't be easier - use Easybib to automatically generate citations for MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian styles. Go There Now

Educator's Reference Complete

This database of education resources covering multiple levels from preschool to college includes 1100+ full text articles, 200 reports from the U.S. Department of Education, and resources on educational specialties and issues related to administration, funding and policies. Go There Now

Escolar (Spanish)

Encyclopedia articles in Spanish, pictures & learning activities. Go There Now

ETV StreamlineSC

Watch or download streaming video from thousands of sources on a variety of subjects and grade levels. Whether you’re looking for a documentary on the Siege of Charleston or a an interview with Malcolm X, this is a fantastic source that offers primary and secondary sources to aid students and teachers with their research. Video, audio, and images can be downloaded and imported into PowerPoint presentations. This source even sites footage in MLA or APA format, offers teachers lesson plans, and ties resources to the state curriculum standards. Come to the library for the student & teacher login information. Go There Now

Expanded Academic ASAP

Full text articles from scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines. Covers a wide variety of disciplines and is designed to satisfy the broad spectrum of students engaged in research papers/assignments. Go There Now

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, and much more!Go There Now

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Cross-searchable reference e-books covering a variety of subject areas, including health and medicine, language and literature, history, social studies, science and more. Go There Now

General BusinessFile ASAP

Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings. Go There Now

General OneFile

Full text 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. Go There Now

General Reference Center

Full text of reference books and many newspapers, magazines, and business journals on current events, popular culture, business and industry, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. Go There Now

Global Issues In Context

Global news and perspectives on issues and events of international importance and provides background information on them, placing them in context. Go There Now

Health and Wellness Resource Center

Full text titles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Go There Now

Health Reference Center - Academic

Full service resource for health-related research. Designed for college level and adult researchers. Go There Now

Historic American Newspapers

Historic newspapers published from 1860-1922. Go There Now

Junior Edition

Designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Go There Now

Kid InfoBits

Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Go There Now

LearningExpress Library

Requires free registration. Practice tests for SAT, ACT, PSAT and more as well as comprehensive collection of test-preparation tools, skill-building materials, and other career and life skills resources.Features include timed tests, instant scoring and feedback, and individual user accounts for saving works-in-progress and completed tasks. Go There Now

LegalTrac

Major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals, drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications. Go There Now

Literature Resource Center

Complete literature reference database which includes biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of the most-studied authors. Go There Now

Literature Resources from Gale

Environment that enables cross-searching of the literature-related databases provided by DISCUS. Includes the content of Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writers Series, Twayne’s Author Series and LitFinder. Go There Now

Naxos Music Library

Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world's largest online classical music library. Among the labels whose catalogs are included in the service are leading independent classical labels such as BIS, Chandos, CPO, Haenssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Vanguard Classics, VOX, and of course Naxos. World music content is provided by ARC, Celestial Harmonies and others; and there is also jazz, film music, nostalgia, classic and contemporary rock content. Go There Now

Non-Fiction Classics for Students

Literary and historical background on the most commonly studied nonfiction essays, books, biographies and memoirs in a streamlined, easy-to-use format. Go There Now

Novels for Students

Understandable explanations of novels frequently studies in literature courses is covered in this 25 volume eBook. Analysis of the novel's literary construction with critical commentary on the novel’s significance for our time is provided. Go There Now

Nursing Resource Center

Collection of core content from recognized reference, textbook and journal publications in the nursing field. Disease and drug overviews, sample care plans and a Nursing Toolbox are also available. Go There Now

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

This database is a one-stop source for current social issues. This database offers viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. Go There Now

Oxford African-American Studies Center

Oxford's authoritative reference program - with primary source documents, images, maps, chart and tables, and much more. Go There Now

Oxford Art Online

This visual arts database includes The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Go There Now

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Provides authoritative definitions of over 500,000 words, traces the usage of words from their first recorded occurrence to the modern period through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international language sources, offers the best in etymological analysis and detailed listings of variant spellings, and uses the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation Go There Now

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online

A great online dictionary that includes French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Translate to or from English in any of these languages, learn useful phrases, view a calendar of holidays and festivities, and see useful websites selected by Oxford. Go There Now

Oxford Music Online

Music research should start here. This music database comprises The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Go There Now

Poetry for Students

Designed specifically to meet the curricular needs of high school and undergraduate college students studying poetry, this eBook provides analysis of approximately 20 poems that teachers and librarians have identified as the most frequently studied in literature courses. Go There Now

PowerSearch

For when you need to search it all! A list of database resources covering various topics that offers a cross-search feature for simultaneous searching of one, several or all available databases. Go There Now

Project MUSE Beta site

Browse and search ebooks on this beta site through December 31, 2011. Go There Now

Project MUSE - Scholarly Journals Online

The Project MUSE complete collection offers a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals to support a core liberal arts curriculum at any academic institution. Go There Now

Science In Context

Comprehensive curriculum-oriented database of reference and periodical content covering Life Science, Physical Science, Earth and Space Science. Content correlated to national and state high school curriculum standards. Go There Now

Scribner Writers Series

Coverage of noted novelists, playwrights, poets, short story writers, essayists, journalists, critics, philosophers and writers for children and young adults. Includes more than 40 essays on special topics in literature, including gothic novels, nature poetry and others. Go There Now

Sheet Music

Need sheet music? Try out our newest database from Naxos Music Library.Go There Now

Short Stories for Students

Contains concise synopses of the story's plot, characters and themes, along with a brief author biography, a discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance and excerpted criticism geared specifically towards the high school student. Go There Now

Small Business Resource Center

Resources for prospective and current entrepreneurs and business students, updated continuously. Go There Now

Spanish Reference Center

Two Spanish language databases are offered in this reference center from Brittanica. The first is Gran Enciclopedia Planeta, which is the most comprehensive Spanish language encyclopedia available today. It features 145,000 articles plus timelines, an atlas, and a dictionary. The second is Enciclopedia Juvenil, which provides a Spanish elementary encyclopedia, images, videos, and Spanish language learning materials specifically designed for younger learners. Go There Now

SIRS Discoverer

Designed for use by students in 1st through 9th grades and contains articles, pictures, reference information and Web sites on all subjects. Go There Now

SIRS Government Reporter

Information from and about the U.S. Government. Topics include, but are not limited to, the arts, history, the economy, education, energy, immigration, health care, and scientific research. Also includes current and past government documents and landmark and recent Supreme Court decisions. Go There Now

SIRS Interactive Citizenship

Targeted to secondary school users and above, includes three interactive books: What Citizens Need to Know About Government, What Citizens Need to Know About World Affairs, and What Citizens Need to Know About Economics. Go There Now

SIRS Renaissance

Current information on architecture/design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and visual arts. Many articles include full-color graphics, art reproductions, photographs, and illustrations. Go There Now

SIRS Researcher

General reference database containing thousands of full text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. Go There Now

SIRS WebSelect

Carefully selected, reliable and credible Internet resources on vital issues and topics. Go There Now

Student Edition

Designed for high-school students 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. Go There Now

U.S. History in Context

Provides integrated access to primary source documents, reference articles, and journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. . Go There Now

World Data Analyst

Resource for retrieving, comparing and customizing data on the world's nations. Country Snapshots feature provides statistics that include maps, area, population, demographics, gross national product and more. Country Comparisons offers tools for creating comparison tables and graphs using either recent or historical statistics; Ranked Statistics performs country rankings for chosen statistical categories; results exportable to spreadsheet applications. Go There Now

World History in Context

Draws on themes and trends from the history curriculum for the 20th Century. Full-text and facsimile images for over 1,400 primary source documents from Primary Source Microfilm collections are also included in the collection." Go There Now