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Technology & Resource Center LibGuide: Research Home
Research assistance, subject guides, and useful resources compiled by your friendly librarians. Know what we know - find it in LibGuides!
Here you will find a variety of free online resources, tutorials, as well as access to and descriptions of all of our databases which you can use to find articles, e-Books and much more to help you with your course work. Use the EBSCO Discovery Service [EDS] search box below to search all of our databases and our online catalog [Destiny]
DT+ provides over 3 million students around the world with access to productions and English & Drama resources. Through our Digital Theatre+ subscription you have access to the following: 450+ classic, contemporary and international productions, with many exclusive to DT+, 280+ in-depth interviews exploring the creative, technical theatre-making processes, as well as experimental, post-dramatic and applied theatre, and 220+ essays, documentaries, study guides and lectures, covering theatre history, theory, and practical techniques.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center contains the following content:
•Full-text poems
•Full-text short stories
•Full-text dramatic works
•Audio recordings, including podcasts from The Poetry Magazine
•High-quality videos from MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and Academy of American Poets
•Explications of both classic and contemporary poems
•E-books focused on poetry, drama and short stories
EDS provides fast, easy access to all of our library’s resources (primary sources, articles, books and e-books) through a single search box on the library web page. With EDS, students can quickly find reliable information to help them complete research projects and other assignments. In addition, faculty can find great resources to support classroom instruction.
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.
This database offers health and science classes a well-rounded collection of articles, images and animations about a variety of health-related topics such as diabetes, cancer, nutrition, exercise and much more.
This growing subscription package contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, and is a strong complement for any academic collection. The breadth of information available through this package ensures that users will have access to information relevant to their research needs.
There are more than 138,000 eBooks in this package, including titles from leading university presses such as Oxford University Press, MIT Press, State University of New York Press, Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, McGill-Queen's University Press, Harvard University Press and many others. Additional academic publishers include Elsevier Ltd.; Ashgate Publishing Ltd; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Sage Publications, Ltd. and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Subject coverage includes:
-Art
-Business & Economics
-Education
-Language Arts & Discipline
-Literary Criticism
-Medical
-Performing Arts
-Philosophy
-Poetry
-Political Science
-Religion
-Social Science
-Technology & Engineering
-And other academic fields
This package contains more than 8,000 eBook titles with unlimited user access. Includes eBooks that support a quality learning experience across all academic subject areas, from History, to Language & Literature, to Science & Technology. Content includes a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents and general reference materials. The collection also features a selection of Teacher Resources to support educators and administrators. Titles align with Common Core Curriculum Standards and each title offers unlimited access.
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.
ATLA Historical Monograph Series 1 (1200 - 1893)"ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 contains over five million pages of content, and consists of titles from the late 13th century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions, with the majority of titles from the 19th century. Because religion was such an integral part of the social, political and economic fabric of life during this time period, historians researching a wide range of areas, not just religion, will find invaluable material relevant to their work.
This collection covers diverse topics such as philosophy, the evolutionary debate, the Reformation, spiritualism, prayer, ancient linguistics, archeology, devotionals, ethics, and more in a variety of languages."
ATLA Historical Monograph Series 2 (1894-1992)"ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 2 consists of over five million pages of content from over 14,880 monographs dating from 1894 through 1922. This collection provides a broad view of the changing landscape of religion in America at the end of a century of dramatic cultural and political change.
It offers material on the significant shifts in the religious identification of Americans and the growing interest and experimentation with non-Western religions. It presents a comprehensive picture of American life at the time with the rise of missionary activity and evangelical Christianity and the emergence of the historical critical method – the foundation for all twentieth century biblical scholarship."
Civil War Primary Source DocumentsContent Includes:
Over 110,000 pages from over 400 individual collections
Extensive correspondence from both the Confederate and Union troops, societies and individuals and their families
Diaries from soldiers on the field and civilians on the homefront
Hand-drawn illustrations, maps, and engineering notebooks
Military content from both the army and navy, from the front lines to hospitals and prisons
Letters and first person accounts from such well-known leaders as Ulysses S. Grant, as well as accounts from individual soldiers and sailors
From the New-York Historical Society.
Gateway to North America Archive"Gateway to North America contains over 800,000 pages of content from over 1,500 print and manuscript directories, member lists, travel guides and other sources, chronicling the people and organizations of New York City from the late 18th through the early 20th century."
Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books"Orderly Books were the controlling document of day-to-day life in the military, most notably during the Revolutionary War. This one-of-a-kind collection – developed in conjunction with the New-York Historical Society – offers access to Orderly Books found nowhere else and contains handwritten volumes documenting military orders, movements and engagements by brigade, regiment, company and other specific military units between 1748 and 1817.
The content in Orderly Books provides detailed accounts of troops’ daily lives, documenting everything from court martial cases to the price of necessities charged by locals. Given the dearth of soldiers’ diaries, Orderly Books provides historically valuable information about soldiers’ lives."
Literary Reference™ Center (LRC Plus) is a 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 Plus contains everything in Literary Reference™ Center, plus the following: over 1,200 additional full-text literary reference books/works, over 200 additional full-text literary journals and magazines, 35 volumes of new contemporary literature titles from Salem Press, 40 full-text literary study guides and 72 literary videos.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center contains the following content:
•Full-text poems
•Full-text short stories
•Full-text dramatic works
•Audio recordings, including podcasts from The Poetry Magazine
•High-quality videos from MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and Academy of American Poets
•Explications of both classic and contemporary poems
•E-books focused on poetry, drama and short stories
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for more than 540 popular, high school magazines. MAS Complete also provides more than 440 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.
The number one resource for reader’s advisory, NoveList Plus includes information on over 300,000 fiction & non-fiction books. Also includes series information, reading recommendations on similar books & authors, award winners, book discussion guides & more. Search by author, title, topic, number of pages or subject. New! Common Core content.
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.
Hundreds of viewpoint essays including a main overview, point, counter-point & critical analysis guide. Also includes the core political magazines (Nation, National Review, New Republic, US, News & World Report, Congressional Digest & Time) primary sources, reference books, video clips, radio & tv transcripts & more.
Religion & Philosophy Collection™ 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 than 300 full text journals, the Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
TOPICsearch contains 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.
Science Reference Center is 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.
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals, and includes full text for nearly 500 books and monographs.
PrepSTEP for High Schools provides online access to a unique and extensive collection of academic, college preparation and career-related tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-books and flashcards. It includes tools for academic skill-building, college and career exploration, college admissions test preparation, military exploration and preparation, workplace skills development and more.
DT+ provides over 3 million students around the world with access to productions and English & Drama resources. Through our Digital Theatre+ subscription you have access to the following: 450+ classic, contemporary and international productions, 280+ in-depth interviews exploring the creative, technical theatre-making processes, as well as experimental, post-dramatic and applied theatre, and 220+ essays, documentaries, study guides, and lectures, covering theatre history, theory, and practical techniques
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
Title List:
-American Decades, 10v
-American Decades Primary Sources, 10v
-Animal Sciences, 4v
-Architecture of Italy
-Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 6v
-Biology, 4v
-Chemistry, 4v
-Dictionary of American History, 3rd ed., 10v
-Encyclopedia of Catholicism
-Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed., 15v
-Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed., 23v
-The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 3rd ed., 4v
-The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of World Religions
-Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 17v
-International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 4th ed., 4v
-Learning About the Holocaust, 4v
-New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 15v
-Plant Sciences, 4v
-Space Sciences, 4v
-Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America, 4v
-World Religions Reference Library, 6v
Gale’s PowerSearch platform offers comprehensive access to authoritative reference, periodical and primary source information -- "giving more power to the user." PowerSearch is also a time saving tool as it cross-searches across several Gale resources.
