Research Databases

Start Now  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.

Start Now  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.

Start Now  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. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.

Start Now  Historical primary source videos ranging from 1-9 minutes in length.

Start Now  This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

Start Now   This database provides more than 500 years of African-American history and culture. 

Start Now  This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 4.8 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.

Start Now  This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt Health Watch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990.

Start Now This eBook collection offers Civil War history through primary and secondary sources.

Start Now Includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to particular eras in U.S. History.

Start Now  Over 17,400 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.

Start Now  Supplies the in-depth information about the American Revolution that students and researchers need for class assignments and reports.

Start Now  AP News provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press on a continuous basis. This content is monitored by EBSCO and relevant results are provided when users enter searches in EBSCOhost. This collection includes AP Top News, WorldStream, Financial News, AP Online, U.S. Politics & Government and 50 State Reports. End users can immediately access the full text of the NewsMonitor-delivered web content, by following the link in the record. The index to the full text content in AP News is held for a rolling 30-day archive by EBSCO, so users can enjoy the previous 30 days of news relating to their search interests.

Start Now  Indexing and abstracts for nearly 800 core English-language, scientific and technical publications back to 1983. Content includes coverage of a wide variety of applied science specialties—acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear and civil engineering, computers and informatics and much more.

Start Now  iPad users go to mobile.artstor.org. Requires pop-up blocker to be turned off. The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides over 1.5 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research

Start Now  Auto service and repair information on more than 38,000 domestic and imported vehicles from 1974 to present from every major manufacturer.

Start Now  Search for biographies based on name, birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or sex, or any combination. Biographies on more than 320,000. Contains biographical information in many subject areas, including, but not limited to, science, multicultural studies, business, politics, government, history, entertainment, sports, arts, and literature.

Start Now Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts combines visual inspiration with practical advice on everything from idea generation and research techniques to portfolio development – making this the ultimate guide to a visual arts education.accordion content

Start Now  Content from Facts On File’s extensive print literature collection, hundreds of Harold Bloom’s essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world, and thousands of critical articles published by noted scholars under the Bloom’s Literary Criticism imprint.

Start Now  BrainPOP Jr. offers animated, curricular movies, interactive quizzes, games, and activities for students in grades K-3. It encourages young learners to ask questions and form their own ideas. Interactive features extend key concepts, and all text is read aloud to facilitate comprehension.

Start Now The Encyclopedia Brittanica in electronic format.

Start Now School edition of Encyclopedia Brittanica.

Start Now  Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Start Now  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.

Start Now  Use Chilton Library to search the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners.

Start Now  Comprehensive information on the Colonial American period they need to write reports and class assignments including biographical profiles and primary source documents.

Start Now MarketLine profiles on the world's most important companies.

Start Now  Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

Start Now Health information for individuals.

Start Now Full text of more than 550 subject-specific encyclopedias, biographies, chronologies, and dictionaries, all from well-respected publishers. In addition to this traditional content, Credo offers 200,000+ images and audio files and nearly 100 videos.

Start Now  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.

Start Now  Dance in Video will contain 250 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. This release includes 46 videos, equalling 443 hours.

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Start Now This award-winning digital library has been created as a response to the need for a high-quality online research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers. It is the only resource to combine exclusively available playtext content and scholarly publications with filmed live performances, film adaptations, and audio plays.

Start Now  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.

Start Now  Education Full Text™ provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Content includes in-depth coverage of special education and more than 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more.

Start Now Electronic Enlightenment is the most wide-ranging online collection of edited correspondence of the early modern period, linking people across Europe, the Americas and Asia from the early 17th to the mid-19th century — reconstructing one of the world's great historical “conversations”.

Start Now  Spanish database for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish. Includes multimedia, timelines and more.

Start Now  ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.

Start Now  Encyclopedia articles in Spanish, pictures & learning activities.

Start Now  This new bibliographic database is a valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, has created this resource from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” the authoritative bibliography that is well-known and respected by scholars worldwide. The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

Start Now These tools and resources will help you assess your interests, identify professions that match them, and prepare for your career. Whether you’re a student headed for your first job or an experienced worker seeking new challenges, begin your journey by reading our advice and information articles on how to “Find a Career Path.”

Start Now  Fuente Académica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology. The database is updated weekly.

Start Now This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

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Start Now Global Issues in Context is a new e-resource that offers global news and perspectives on issues and events of international importance and provides background information on them, placing them in context. It offers students the ability to develop the framework to better understand 21st-century issues, helping them think critically about global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

Start Now  GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

Start Now  This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.

Start Now  This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

Start Now Page images from historic newspapers, provided by the Library of Congress.

Start Now  History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

Start Now  Tap into your creativity on this DIY database of full-text hobby and craft magazines, recipes, and videos to inspire extra-curricular interests. 

Start Now  IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. Now with over 7075 texts including 1216 aria texts! 

Start Now.  JSTOR provides access to thousands of journal articles, books, images and primary sources in 75 disciplines. 

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

Start Now A streaming, multimedia platform covering all art and academic subjects.

Start Now Requires free registration. Comprehensive collection of test-preparation tools, skill-building materials, and other career and life skills resources. Practice tests for GED preparation, job and career goals, undergraduate and graduate school admission, and U.S. citizenship. Focus on workplace skills such as resume building, interviewing, job search and assessment, business writing, and core computer skills. Includes tools for improving proficiency levels in reading, writing, and math for elementary school learners through adults along with interactive skill-building tutorials and 130+ e-book titles. Features include timed tests, instant scoring and feedback, and individual user accounts for saving works-in-progress and completed tasks.

Start Now  More than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

Start Now  Full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticisms, more than 253,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios), more than 460 literary journals, more than 693,000 book reviews, nearly 78,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 19,600 classic and contemporary short stories, more than 6,500 author interviews, more than 8,200 classic texts and much more.

Start Now  Entries provide in-depth historical background information on each movement as well as modern critical interpretation of each movement's characteristic styles and themes.

Start Now  An overview of literary works that explore the theme of the American dream. Analyzes poetry, plays, short stories, novels, and works of nonfiction that address this theme in some capacity, and how that theme has been treated in literature at different times in history and across diverse cultures.

Start Now  A wide range of circumstances in which individuals experience prejudice in American, British and world literature. The discussion goes well beyond race, religion, and sex into ethnicity, social status, mental and physical health, and personal beliefs and behaviors.

Start Now  Presents a myriad of viewpoints, so that modern readers can begin to grasp the complexities of war and its impact. Such stories give voice to the individuals who fight and are fought against, who are injured, who suffer on the battlefield and at home, and who, inevitably, can no longer speak for themselves. Examines dominant and recurring subthemes in the literature of war; including survival, terrorism, leadership, and genocide.

Start Now  Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

Start Now  Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Start Now  Medici TV boasts it is the world's leading classical music channel and provides videos of concerts, ballets, operas, documentaries and master classes. 

Start Now  MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.

Start Now  Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

Start Now  Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

Start Now  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.

Start Now  Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.

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Start Now  Literary and historical background on the most commonly studied nonfiction essays, books, biographies and memoirs in a streamlined, easy-to-use format. This eBook gives high school and undergraduate students an ideal starting point for class assignments, term papers and special projects.

Start Now  Cite sources in MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian with this citation generator. To start using NoodleTools, students and teachers must click the REGISTER button and create an account.  See a librarian for the username and password.

Start Now  Ever want to read a new book but need a good suggestion based on your likes? Check out this database for recommended reading.

Start Now  Understandable explanations of novels frequently studies in literature courses are 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.

Start Now  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.

Start Now  Over 7500 articles from Oxford's authoritative reference program - with primary source documents, images, maps, chart and tables, and much more.

Start Now  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. The Grove Dictionary of Art offers over 45,000 articles with over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles. Additional links to searchable image databases and editorially selected links to over 40,000 art images on museum and gallery web sites around the world are provided.

Start Now  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.

Start Now  A great online dictionary that includes English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Portuguese. 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.

Start Now  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.

Start Now  PebbleGo Animales includes range maps for amphibians, animal behavior, dinosaurs, fish, mammals, and more. (Spanish)

Start Now Explore the lives of History-Makers and Leaders through articles, videos, activities, timelines, and eBooks. 

Start Now  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.

Start Now  Read the pros and cons of every argument on a variety of social issues.

Start Now  Provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Start Now  Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.

Start Now  A comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.

Start Now  Full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Start Now  Provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. With more more than 300 full text journals, the Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.

Start Now  This resource brings the people and the events of the Renaissance and Reformation to life for today's students. Covering everything from Luther's Revolt to the writings of Shakespeare, the Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library fills the need for comprehensive coverage of this amazing time.

Start Now  A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Start Now  Screen Studies is a dynamic digital platform taking users from script to screen and beyond – offering a broad range of content from Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber and the British Film Institute to support moving-image studies. It is an essential resource for academics and students engaged in research and learning in film history, theory, and practice.

Start Now  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.

Start Now  A comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business, offering full-text periodicals and reports, sample business plans, U.S. tax forms, videos and reference books. It supports small business owners in all relevant areas from planning, financing and managing a business to exit strategies. Users also have the ability to search within specific ‘Business Topics’ and ‘Business Types’ relevant to their needs.

Start Now  Information about South Carolina, including culture, history, geography, and more.

Start Now Enjoy resources about children's and young adult books for readers and educators.

Start Now  Designed for readers and educators of all grade levels, This database includes book guides, activities and teaching ideas in many subject areas. 

Start Now  Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

Start Now  TBC include eBooks, read along chapter books, graphic novels, videos, and audiobooks.  

Start Now  The Mailbox Plus provides more than 11,500 activities and printables to enhance and support K-6 curriculum. 

Start Now  The Mailbox Plus Math provides more than 11,500 activities and printables to enhance and support K-6 math curriculum. 

Start Now An online tutoring resource that connects students to tutors in virtual classrooms. You don't need a password to use Tutor.com, and may receive tutoring in a variety of subjects.

Start Now  Full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

Start Now  Tumble Books contains over 1,400 read-aloud storybooks, chapter books, graphic novels, songs, and videos.  

Start Now  Animated and narrated math picture books covering addition and subtraction, to fractions, finance, and graphing. 

Start Now  Covers major topics related to the period, including the roots of the war; causes of U.S. involvement; the Espionage Act and Sedition Act; weapons of mass destruction; and more. Profiles the major players of the period, including Woodrow Wilson, Kaiser Wilhelm II, John Pershing, and Henri-Philippe Petain. Presents full or excerpted primary source materials, including diaries, speeches, letters, journals and memoirs.

Start Now  Provides background and information on major topics about the World War II period, biographies of significant men and women involved in the war, and primary sources such as full or excerpted speeches, diary entries, newspaper accounts and other original documents.

Start Now Provides users with a convenient one-stop location for all of the tools necessary to write and research effectively. From the mechanics of writing and grammar to style and research, this indispensable online resource thoroughly covers the fundamentals of quality writing, provides a wealth of vocabulary-building dictionaries, and presents a step-by-step guide to writing a good essay.