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Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
The Associated Press Photo Archive is an electronic library containing the current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library. It contains roughly 750,000 of the AP’s best pictures.
ArticleFirst
Index to articles from over 12,000 journals.

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Books in Print
Comprehensive listing of books currently published or distributed in the United States.

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Digital Media Center - OhioLINK
Several databases of electronic images or videos; will eventually also include sound, numeric data, and other types of electronic media.
Digital Video Collection - OhioLINK
Digital videos covering many subjects. Currently includes videos from the distributor Films for the Humanities and Sciences.

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EJC
Full text of 6000+ research journals. Includes or has links to full text.
Electronic Book Center
Online reference books on diverse topics. Includes or has links to full text.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Full text of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Encyclopaedia Britannica School Edition
Access to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia.

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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Includes or has links to full text.

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Humanities Full-Text
Contains full text for over 550 journals of interest in art, philosophy, history, communications, and general interest.

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Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals
Index to articles from 42 art journals published in 19th century U.S.
Infotrac Full-Text Articles (1,000 Journals)
Index to citations in 1,000 journals with full-text access to almost 900 journals. Covers many subject areas at the undergraduate level. Includes or has links to full text.
Internet Public Library Reading Room
Lists over 10,000 titles in all subject areas, browsable by subject,author, title, and broad Dewey Classification scheme.

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LexisNexis Academic
Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information. Includes or has links to full text.
Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. Literary Reference Center 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 includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 75,000 articles of literary criticism, 130,000 author biographies, full text of over 300 literary journals, 500,000 book reviews, 25,000 classic and contemporary poems, 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories, full text of over 7,500 classic novels (anticipated by Fall 2006), 3,000 author interviews, and over 1,000 images of key literary figures. In addition, Literary Reference Center also includes Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Beacham's Research Guide to Biography and Criticism (six volumes), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature, The Literary Encyclopedia, The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story, all of MagillOnLiterature Plus™, the Bloom Series of over 500 books from Chelsea House Publishers edited by Harold Bloom, complete content of hundred of literary journals, and hundreds of literary books from Taylor & Francis, ME Sharpe, Peter Lang, Oxford University Press and many other publishers.

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NewsBank Newspapers
Online full-text newspapers, including 17 Ohio newspapers. Includes or has links to full text.
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source contains selected full text for 245 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen international newspapers, six newswires, nine newspaper columns, and cover-to-cover full text for The Christian Science Monitor and The Los Angeles Times. This database also contains indexing and abstracts for four national newspapers.

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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Oxford English Dictionary
Historical dictionary of the English language.
Oxford Reference Premium
Full text of about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press.

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Patent Database
Access to bibliographic and full-text patent databases of the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).

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Reference USA
Directory of over 11 million entries for U.S. businesses and professionals.
RefWorks
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. To sign up for a RefWorks account, point your browser to https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/newuser.asp and view the quick start guide.
Religion Index (ATLA)
Index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion.

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Safari Tech Books Online
Electronic books in computer science, information technology, and related fields.
Serials Directory
Provides up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information and pricing for over 178,500 U.S. and international periodicals. Updated quarterly.
SimplyMap
SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data. SimplyMap turns complex data into valuable information that is easily accessed through an innovative and user-friendly interface.
STAT-USA
Economic, business, and international trade information from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Includes or has links to full text.

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UnionLists of Periodicals (FirstSearch)
Catalog of journals held by libraries worldwide.

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World Almanac
Full text of several World Almanac publications.
WorldCAT
A combined catalog of libraries from around the world. When you find an item you want, check to see if it is available in the UA Libraries Catalog or OhioLINK. If not, request the item with ILLiad.