Electronic Databases
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Online Library Catalog
Use this online catalog to locate books (in the library) about a particular subject, or by author, title, call number or keyword.
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Biography Resource Center
Biography Resource Center contains more than 422,000 biographies on more than 335,000 people gathered from more than 940 volumes of more than 135 award-winning Thomson Gale reference sources as well as full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines specifically chosen for their renowned biographical content in a broad range of subject areas.
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Contemporary Authors
Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
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Contemporary Literary Criticism
Collects more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works, and further study information.
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CountryWatch
CountryWatch provides country specific information on each of the 192 countries of the world.
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CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the US economy.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography
Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
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Ethnic Newswatch
Full text titles offer additional viewpoints focusing on minority or ethnic issues. Spanish language search interfaces are provided.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of enyclopedias, almanacs and specialized reference sources.
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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 approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.
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Historical L.A. Times
Historical L.A. Times (1881-1986) offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century.
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Learning Express
Learning Express: LearningExpress Library is an online platform of tutorial courses and practice tests designed to help students increase their chances of success. The resources are designed to improve basic skills in reading, writing and math or to prepare for standardized tests such as GED, SAT and TOEFL. Immediate feedback on scoring and individualized analysis of results provide effective tools to enhance learning.
Lexis-Nexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic: Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications
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LISTA
Indexes more than 690 periodicals, 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.
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Literature Resource Center
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.
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NetLibrary
Find digital full-text version of books such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature and fiction - over 10,000 publicly-accessible titles.
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Opposing Viewpoints
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to web sites, and full-text journal articles.
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ProQuest Direct
Find summaries of articles from over 4,000 publications (journal, magazine and newspaper articles) with many in full-text, full image format.
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Salem Health
The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. Note: Students, staff, and faculty must register individually through Salem Health to access this database from off-campus and obtain the remote access code from the reference desk at the library.
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Salem History:
Salem History’s Milestone Documents is a database of primary source materials from U.S. and world history with in-depth, analytical essays that place those sources in context.
Salem History’s Seventies and Eighties in [North] America cover events, movements, people, and trends in popular culture, literature, art, sports, science, technology, economics, and politics in both the United States and Canada.
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Teacher Reference
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
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World Trade Ref
A comprehensive international trade database.