Online Databases

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ABI Inform (ProQuest)
ProQuest's ABI Inform contains articles from newspapers, periodicals, and academic journals. These collections are organized so that publications containing similar types of information are grouped together.

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Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)
Academic OneFile is the premiere source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

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ACM Digital Library
ACM Digital Library provides citations and full-text articles from journals, newsletters, and conference proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery.

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ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
ArticleFirst is an OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals.

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Book Catalog
The book catalog is a listing of all print and audio-visual items at all Baker campus libraries plus Mott Community College and Kettering University Libraries in Flint.  e-books are also linked in the book catalog; e-books are full-text and can be read from any computer.
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Business/Company Resource Center (InfoTrac)
Business/Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company, industry news and information.

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CCH Tax Research Network
Covering state, federal, and international tax resources, CCH Tax Research Network includes government publications, tax resources published by CCH, and current tax news.

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CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
CAMIO is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums.

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ChiltonLibrary.com
ChiltonLibrary provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site.

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Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. A subscription to The Chronicle includes access to all of this Web site and to Academe Today, our daily e-mail newsletter.

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CINAHL (Ebsco)
CINAHL provides indexing for 2,818 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Full text material includes 70 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.

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Cochrane Library - OT topics
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

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Computer Database (InfoTrac)
Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

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CQ Press
CQ Press
, CQ Electronic Library, an expanding suite of electronic references, is founded on CQ's authoritative and balanced coverage of public affairs.

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Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac)
The InfoTrac Custom Newspapers database is a collection of 120 full-text newspapers from around the country and the world.

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ECO (FirstSearch)

ECO is an OCLC collection of full-text scholarly journals.

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Educator's Reference Complete
Educator’s Reference Complete content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.

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ERIC (FirstSearch)

ERIC is a full-text collection of journal articles and reports in education.

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Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)
Expanded Academic ASAP provides information from arts and humanities to social sciences, science and technology.  It includes scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images! 

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Facts On File (Facts.com)

Facts On File brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60+ years. The six databases from which content has been selected are:

  • Issues and Controversies On File
  • Today's Science On File
  • Editorials On File
  • Reuters On-Line News Service
  • The World Almanac and Book of Facts.
  • The World Almanac Encyclopedia (Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia)
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Facts On File History
Historical content including African-American, American Indian, American Women, Ancient & Medieval, American and Modern World History. The databases from which content has been selected are:
  • American History Online
  • American Women's History Online
  • African-American History Online
  • American Indian History Online
  • Modern World History Online
  • Ancient and Medieval History Online

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FirstSearch
OCLC FirstSearch is a comprehensive and complete reference service of databases with links to the World Wide Web, including over 10 million online full text articles, full-image articles from over 4,000 electronic journals, library holdings, and interlibrary loan. It supports research in a wide range of subject areas providing instant online access to 13 databases, including OCLC databases: OCLC WorldCat, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, OCLC ArticleFirst, OCLC PapersFirst, and OCLC ProceedingsFirst.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac)

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, 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).

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General BusinessFile ASAP (InfoTrac)
General BusinessFile ASAP offers access to directory listings of 150,000 companies, financial analysis reports for major companies, and articles on business and management.

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General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac)
General Reference Center Gold is a general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

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GPO (FirstSearch)
GPO is an index of U.S. government publications.

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Health / Wellness Resource Center (InfoTrac)
Health and Wellness Resource Center provides magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, etc. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.

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Health Reference Center Academic (InfoTrac)

Health Reference Center Academic provides articles on: fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

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History of Science, Technology & Medicine (FirstSearch)
The History of Science, Technology and Medicine integrates four tools (Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in tge History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and citations from the Wellcome Library) to create an international bibliography pertaining to the history of science, technology and medicine.

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Learning Express
LearningExpressLibrary provides practice tests that could help you reach your school and career goals. It offers unlimited free Internet access to practice tests based on such official exams as ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, Real Estate Agent & Broker Exam, GRE, GMAT, Teaching Certificate, and many more.

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LegalTrac (InfoTrac)
Use LegalTrac to find articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. Included are articles on Federal and State Cases, Laws and Regulations, Legal Practice, and Taxation. Also included are: British Commonwealth, European Union and International Law.

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Literature Resource Center (InfoTrac)
The Literature Resource Center on GaleNet is a complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user. Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, the Literature Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.

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MeL eBooks
MeL eBooks are electronic versions of printed books. eBooks can be viewed online on any PC connected to the Internet. You can browse eBooks for quick research and reference or check them out and read them at your leisure. You need to create an account to check out eBooks.

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Making of Modern Michigan
Making of Modern Michigan is Michigan's unique heritage is represented through photographs, family papers, oral histories, genealogical materials and much more from local history collections around the state.

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Medline (FirstSearch)
Medline is a database indexing journal articles in all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.

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Mergent Online
Mergent Online (formerly FISonline) includes the following sources:

    * U.S. Company Data -- An Internet-accessible subscription service covering 10,000+ public companies and their SEC (EDGARŽ) filings.
    * International Company Data -- International database with global searching across databases.
    * U.S. Annual Reports -- Easy-to-access current and historical annual reports on 10,000 U.S. public companies.
    * International Annual Reports International company annual reports.

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NetLibrary
NetLibrary eBooks are electronic versions of printed books. eBooks can be viewed online on any PC connected to the Internet. You can browse eBooks for quick research and reference or check them out and read them at your leisure. You need to create an account to check out eBooks.

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Newsbank
NewsBank contains information from newspapers, newswires, business journals, historical and scholarly documents, periodicals and more. NewsBank's resources support classroom instruction in virtually every subject area. It is used by researchers to delve into contemporary issues and events, and provide academics with rare historical documentation.

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Nursing Journals (ProQuest)
Find complete, full-text information from leading nursing, allied health, and related publications. Designed to meet the needs of researchers at health-care facilities as well as students enrolled in nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions, ProQuest carries a collection of 525 leading magazines and journals in the fields of nursing, allied health, and alternative and complementary medicine.

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OTDbase
OT Search is a bibliographic database covering the literature of occupational therapy and related subject areas.

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OT Search
OT Search is a bibliographic database covering the literature of occupational therapy and related subject areas.

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Opposing Viewpoints (InfoTrac)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is the premier database covering social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, and Terrorism. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together viewpoint articles, contextual Topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazines articles, as well as links to more than 1,400 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites.

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Psychology Journals (Proquest)
ProQuest Psychology Journals is a broad-based Psychology database accessing leading psychology and psychosomatic journals. There also is coverage of related disciplines including genetics, psychology of business and economics, addiction, social welfare and more. Coverage begins in 1971 and contains full text, abstracts, and images.

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RIA Checkpoint
The Internet-based tax research service that provides immediate access to an entire universe of research intelligently linked to guide you between related subject matter at the touch of a button. Before proceeding you may want to find out more about Checkpoint, RIA's premier online tax research tool.

Checkpoint brings together the most trusted information on the most powerful research system available--providing unparalleled expert guidance, a powerful system to optimize research efficiency, practice development tools to help build revenue and the flexibility and integration that has revolutionized tax and accounting research.

Just about everyone is using Checkpoint:
    *over 85% of the Fortune 1000 corporations
    *over 90% of the Top 100 Accounting Firms
    *92% of the Top 100 Law Firms

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Science Direct
ScienceDirect offers access to over 1500 scientific, technical & medical peer-reviewed journals. Search over 40 million abstracts from scientific articles and connect to articles from over 120 other publishers.

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SIRS Renaissance
SIRS Renaissance provides dynamic information on the following topics: architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and visual arts.

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WebFeat
WebFeat Express provides library patrons with a simple, single search interface to all online resources including library catalogs, subscription databases as well as free resources.

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Westlaw Campus
Westlaw Campus is a Web site especially designed to help you easily retrieve legal information from Westlaw, West's computer-assisted research service.

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Wilson SelectPlus (FirstSearch)
Wilson SelectPlus is a database of full-text articles in science, humanities, education and business.

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WilsonWeb Education Full Text

WilsonWeb Education Full Text  indexes and abstracts education articles from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source documents. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996.

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WorldCat (FirstSearch)
WorldCat is an OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

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World Geography (ABC-CLIO)
Comprehensive, current, authoritative, accessible, and aligned to your curriculum, this flagship collection of geography resources does more than just information, it helps develop students' information literacy, critical thinking skills, and understanding of global issues.

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