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More than 10,000 peer-reviewed journals with content that is fact-based, reliable and unbiased. Includes strong coverage of hard sciences, medicine, engineering and business.  Academic Onefile
Full-text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. Includes information in nearly every area of academic study. Academic Search Premier
Find full-text articles from the current and archived editions of approximately 200 local, regional and national business and law publications from across North America. Offers extensive coverage of industries, markets, companies, executives and products. Access Business News
Access Military, Government & Defense
Find current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more with this collection of full-text newspapers and other news sources. Includes local news, editorials, announcements and other sections from over 2,000 sources including the New York Times ('95-present) and the Montgomery Advertiser ('99-present) Access World News
One of the world's largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. Contains millions of images dating back more than 100 years. Also includes audio clips, publicity, and graphics and porvides several search options. Accunet/AP Multimedia Archive
Digital collection of over 1,700 full-text titles offered by the American Council of Learned Societies. An online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars. ACLS Humanities E-book Project
Search full-text articles from 13 Alabama newspapers. Alabama Newspapers
Allows users to perfrom full-text searches, view, and download Alabama's appellate court opinions. Facilitates access to the 11th Circuit Cour of Appeals Opinions and U.S. Supreme Court opinions via Emopry and cornell Universitys' websites. Alabama's Legal Information Center (ALALINC)
A database that focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers full-text articles for more than 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. Also includes pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Full coverage text back to 1990, abstracts back to 1984. Alt-HealthWatch
U.S. History from 1493 to modern times in over 2,000 primary documents-the original words of history-makers. Includes historical accounts, speeches, memoirs, poems, editorials, cultural criticism, and more. Annals of American History Online
Provides up-to-date and objective information on conflict-related matters from around the world. It is an interactive source of information on 70 armed conflicts. This database offers year-on-year analysis of conflicts, their political status, number of fatalities and weapons used and also covers current events, conflict backgrounds and timelines. Armed Conflict Database
Describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal in each record. Provides a list of libraries that have the journal title for most items. ArticleFirst
Combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals. Includes more than 517,000 article citations from more than 1,616 journals, more than 220,000 essay citations from over 16,100 multi-author works, and more than 474,000 book review citations. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
Covers over 550,000 people. This database includes narrative profiles, links to related full text articles,images, and more. Updated daily. Biography Reference Bank
Provides content representing a wide spectrum of works. Contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 4,000 popular nonfiction books. Book Collection: Nonfiction
With coverage back to 1983, this database indexes reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, provides review excerpts and over 100,000 full text reviews. Book Review Digest Plus
(coverage: 1983-present)
Provides excerpts from, and citations to, reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Covers the years 1905-1982. Excludes reviews of government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law; books on science for the general reader are included. Book Review Digest Retro
(coverage: 1905-1982)
With over 73,000 articles, this database contains both short and book-length articles on every subject. Covers the following subject areas: history, literature, arts, science, statistics, biography, quotations, philosophy, and more! Britannica Online
A comprehensive research tool that offers dynamic, accurate, and up to date topical business information and company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies. Covers business, telecommunications, computers, technology, systems, law and more. Business & Company Resource Center
With coverage from 1908 to present, this resource offers in-depth research on management issues, economic indicators and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies an dinudstries worldwide. Includes instant access to academic and business journals with full text and images. Covers the following areas: Business, management, economics, etc. Business Index ASAP
Provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,200 peer-reviewed business publications. Also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. This database covers all disciplines of business. Business Source Premier
This database is divided into various libraries/portfolios. Consists of Securities, Exchanges and SROs, Corporate Governance, International Business, Banking, Trade Regulation, Products, Liability and Safety, Government Contracts, IP/IT, Federal Energy Guidelines and Transportation Law practice areas. CCH Business and Finance Research Library
A scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science. CiteSeer: Scientific Literature Digital Library
CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. Clase and Periodica
An online library representing 43,017 college catalogs and over 36,100,000 course descriptions. Includes full cover-to-cover, original page format with 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools. College Source Online
This database provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on all of the more than 120,000 U.S. and international authros whose entries appear in Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Authors New Revision Series. It is updated monthy and allows users to search for an author by name, title of work, nationality, date and place of birth and death, subject/genre, personal and career information, awards and honors, and more. Contemporary Authors
An extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study. Updated monthly, the database allows users to search by author name, title of work, nationality, subject/genre, ethnicity, critic name, and more. Contemporary Literary Criticism
A database noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print an donline 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. CQ Researcher Online
An online reference library providing access to the full text of hundreds of highly regarded and popular titles. Credo contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopaedia, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from accounting to zoology. CredoReference
A comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. Coverage: 1981-present. Criminal Justice Periodical Index(CJPI)
A database that provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and career of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres. Dictionary of Literary Biography
ON CAMPUS ACCESS ONLY. One of the largest eBook repositories on the Web, especially for classic works, this library offers full-text access to 935 authors and composers, more than 5,400 works, 153,000 sub-titles and 512,000 pages. Subject areas include law, economics, finance, history, art, literature, and many more. Ebooks-library.com
In-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Ebsco Encyclopedia of Animals
A suite of approximately 30 databses including full-text and abstracting/indexing for a variety of academic fields. EbscoHost Databases
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals which includes all of the original content and images of articles. It also includes bibliographic information for all journals indexed and lets you view abstracts and full-text articles from journals to which your library or institution subscribes. ECO (Electronic Collections Online)
The Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC. ERIC
An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority, and native presses. This current database begins its coverage in 1990. Coverage varies. Ethnic NewsWatch
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Accesss scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers--many with full text and images. Coverage: 1980-present. Expanded Academic ASAP
Gateway to ten indexing and abstracting databases including ArticleFirst, Clase and Periodica, Electronic Collections Online, ERIC, GPO Monthly Catalog, MEDLINE, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, WorldCat and World Almanac. FirstSearch
A group of approximately 24 databases including eBooks and reference materials, as well as abstracted and full text journals, magazines, and newspapers. Gale Databases
A master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-ferences over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings fro over 215,000 titles into one source. Gale Literary Index
A database that provides reference eBooks in a variety of academic fields. 24/7 remote access--from the library, classroom, home, or anywhere with an internet connection. Fully cross-searchable with Gale periodical databases and resource centers. Gale Virtual Reference Library
A full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. Includes archival material dating back to 1970 in some cases. Genderwatch is a repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and NGO, government and special reports. Genderwatch
General OneFile
General Reference Center Gold
Gospel Advocate Obituary Index
GPO Access
GPO Monthly Catalog
Grove Music Online (now called Oxford Music Online)
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Health & Wellness Resource Center
History Database Center
History Reference Center
Humanities International Complete
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
Informe
IngentaConnect
JSTOR
Kids InfoBits
Kid's Search
LegalTrac
LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Primary Sources in U.S. History
Library Literature & Information Science Fulltext
Literary Reference Center
Literature Online (LION)
Literature Resource Center
LitFinder
The Making of Modern Law
MALCat (Montgomery Academic Libraries Catalog)
MasterFILE Premier
Mergent Online (available on campus only)
Military & Government Collection
MLA International Bibliography
Montgomery Advertiser
NCJRS Document Database
National Science Digital Library
Netlibrary E-Content Collection
New Testament Abstracts
Newspaper Source
Old Testament Abstracts
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Original Sources.com
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Music Online
Oxford Reference Online Premium
PapersFirst
Political Database of the Americas
ProceedingsFirst
Professional Collection
Professional Development Collection
Proquest Psychology Journals 
Proquest Religion
PsycBOOKS
PsycINFO
PubMed 
Regional Business News
Religion & Philosophy Ebook collection
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
Routledge Reference Resources Online - Religion
Scientific American Online
Scribner's Writers Series
Serials Directory
SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Knowledge Source (includes SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, and SIRS Renaissance)
SocINDEX with Full Text
Twayne's Authors Series
Ulrich's International Periodicals
United Nations Treaty Collection
USDA National Nutrient Database
Vocational and Career Collection
Wiley Interscience
Wilson Omnifile
Women Writers Online Project
WorldCat
World Data Analyst