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1. ProQuest Central - ProQuest Our largest full-text multidisciplinary database includes over 12,000 titles, with 9,000 available in full text. Content is provided in over 160 subject areas. More info 2. Academic OneFile - Gale Cengage Learning Provides citations and abstracts for articles from over 7400 primarily peer-reviewed journals in science, technology and medicine, as well as the humanities, social sciences, and more. Full text is available for 3300 of the journals. Also includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full text for The New York Times.  - Tutorial 3. LexisNexis Academic - LexisNexis Selected full-text articles, broadcast transcripts, speeches, biographies, laws, legal cases, SEC filings, company profiles, statistics, and other sources covering general news, business information, legal materials, medical and health information, and general reference information. More info  - Tutorial 4. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega - WilsonWeb Multi-disciplinary database provides all full-text articles from all subscribed WilsonWeb databases. Plus indexing and abstracts for major subscribed WilsonWeb databases. More info  - Tutorial 5. Web of Science - Thomson (Web of Knowledge) Provides abstracts, cited references, times cited, and links to full text when available for articles in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities (1975 to present). Tools allow citation tracking, exporting of citations, saved searches, and other personalization. WOS includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can also be searched separately. Also recommended 1. American Mosaic - Greenwood Publishing Provides access to two multicultural resources, The African American Experience and The Latino American Experience, with ebooks, interviews, maps, images, audio, music files, and timelines. Teacher resources available. More info 2. ArticleFirst - FirstSearch (OCLC) Citations only for items listed in table of contents of journals in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, business, the humanities, and popular culture. More info  - Tutorial 3. Clase and Periódica - FirstSearch (OCLC) Index of Latin American and Caribbean journals in the social sciences, humanities, science, and technology. More info  - Tutorial 4. Credo Reference - Credo Reference Full text for over 250 reference books covering art, biography, business, conversions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, food, geography, history, language, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, quotations, religion, science, social sciences, and technology. More info 5. CSA databases - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Search across multiple Cambridge Scientific Abstracts databases  - Tutorial 6. CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Provides tables, figures, charts, maps, photographs, and illustrations from over 1,000 peer reviewed journals. More info 7. Ebooks Catalog - FirstSearch (OCLC) A subset of WorldCat, this catalog links to full text electronic books available on the Web. Includes books, government documents, and more. Note: users will only be able to access full text for ebooks to which the library subscribes, as well as those that are free to all. More info  - Tutorial 8. Emerald Management eJournals - Emerald Group Full-text articles from over 200 journals covering human resources, library science, marketing, management, operations, and other related topics. Provides detailed reviews (no full-text) for articles in an additional 300 management journals. Coverage back to Volume 1 Issue 1 for over 120 journals. Formerly called Emerald Management Xtra. More info 9. Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos - World Book Inc. General Spanish language encyclopedia with brief entries on all subjects. Enciclopedia general en Español con breves definiciones ó explicaciones en diversos temas. 10. Encyclopedia Americana - Scholastic Full text encyclopedia entries on full range of topics. Also includes news briefs, dictionary, thesaurus, and links to web sites. Teacher resources available. More info This product will be no longer be available after December 31, 2009. 11. FirstSearch databases - FirstSearch (OCLC) Search across up to three FirstSearch databases.  - Tutorial 12. Gale PowerSearch - Gale Cengage Learning PowerSearch interface allows you to search several Gale databases at one time.  - Tutorial 13. Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale Cengage Learning Online reference library of over 500 full text reference books. Includes business plan handbooks, specialized encyclopedias, directories, and other books. Covers topics related to business, education, social sciences, sciences, humanities, and more. More info  - Tutorial 14. General OneFile - Gale Cengage Learning Comprehensive database includes a portion (but not all) of the content from other Gale Cengage databases, as well as additional news and magazine articles on all subjects. Includes full-text for many articles.  - Tutorial 15. General Reference Center Gold - Gale Cengage Learning General interest database integrates newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Includes full-text articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.  - Tutorial 16. Greenwood eBooks - Greenwood Publishing 500 fully searchable, full-text ebooks in all subject areas. Includes many reference books. Create an individual user profile to create user-specific bookmarks, capture and store user notes, and create bibliographic citations. 17. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - Scholastic Full text encyclopedia entries on full range of topics with links to maps, flags, photos, sound files and related web sites. Includes English dictionary, English > Spanish dictionary, atlas and timelines. Teacher resources available. More info This product will be no longer be available after December 31, 2009. 18. Informe Revistas en Español - Gale Cengage Learning Full-text Spanish-language Hispanic journals, magazines, newspapers and pamphlets covering academic, news, and general interest topics. With more than half its titles peer-reviewed, it is called Informe Academico in Latin America. More info  - Tutorial 19. Ingenta - Ingenta E-journal collection with about seventy full text subscriptions concentrating on health and medical titles. 20. Issues & Controversies - Facts on File News Services Provides more than 650 articles on today's controversial social issues. This is an excellent source for middle- and high-school social studies projects, current events papers, and debate preparation. Teacher resources available. More info 21. JSTOR - JSTOR Full-text articles from scholarly journals are available (from Volume 1 to issues published 2-5 years ago) in the arts, business, humanities, literature, social sciences, general science, mathematics and statistics. More info NOTE: To view full-text PDF articles, you must allow popups for this site. 22. NetLibrary - OCLC Full-text electronic books in all subject areas. Current collection includes over 50,000 copyright-protected eBooks along with an additional 3400 public-domain texts. More info  - Tutorial 23. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Gale Cengage Learning Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center provides information on today's social issues. It's an excellent source for social studies projects, current events papers, and debate preparation. 24. Oxford Reference Online - Oxford University Press Full text of numerous Oxford reference works provides information across 25 subjects. Includes full text dictionaries, Oxford Companions, quotations, bilinqual dictionaries, as well as maps, timelines, illustrations, etc. Access is limited to single user; please log out when you are done. 25. PAIS Archive - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Provides citations and abstracts related to mid-twentieth century public and social policies, and international relations. Includes references to many types of documents. 1915-1976.  - Tutorial 26. PAIS International - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Provides citations and abstracts related to current issues and public affairs. Includes references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Websites, and more. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed. 1972 - present. 27. PapersFirst - FirstSearch (OCLC) Index of papers on a wide variety of subjects presented at conferences worldwide, including every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre since 1993. More info  - Tutorial 28. Periodicals Archive Online - ProQuest (Chadwyck-Healey) Full-text articles on the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Extensive backfile of early issues. Coverage: 1802-1995.  - Tutorial 29. Periodicals Index Online - ProQuest (Chadwyck-Healey) Comprehensive database with nearly 16 million citations for journal articles on the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Provides links to selected full-text in other databases. Coverage: 1665-1995.  - Tutorial 30. ProceedingsFirst - FirstSearch (OCLC) Citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library from 1993 to the present. More info  - Tutorial 31. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - ProQuest Bibliographic database of information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Citations for dissertations beginning in 1861, abstracts for dissertations published from 1980 forward, and full-text from 1997 forward. To find NSU dissertations/theses, limit your search by selecting the "School name/code" field. Click on "Browse schools" to locate the school name and click on "Add to Search." Or enter the school name in square brackets. For example: [Nova Southeastern University]. Click here to learn more about locating dissertations. More info  - Tutorial 32. Reader's Guide Full Text - WilsonWeb Citations and abstracts of popular general-interest periodicals. Includes selected full-text articles. More info  - Tutorial 33. Reader's Guide Retrospective - WilsonWeb Provides 100 years of citations from leading U.S. magazines covering all subjects. Particularly useful for humanities and social science research, as well as for historical information on any subject. More info  - Tutorial NOTE: Limited to one simultaneous user. If you are unable to access, please try again later. 34. Research Library - ProQuest Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text covering business, current affairs, economics, literature, religion, education, law, psychology, women's studies, arts and humanities, multiculturism, science, social science, health, and more.  - Tutorial 35. ScienceDirect - Elsevier Full-text articles from Elsevier journals covering all subject areas. Particular emphasis on scientific, technical and medical information. More info 36. Student Resource Center - Gold - Gale Cengage Learning Contains curriculum-targeted full-text primary documents, biographies, essays, critical analyses, magazines and newspapers articles, graphics, audio and video clips. Aimed at middle school and high school students. Includes Student Resource Center-Health Module. Teacher resources available. More info 37. Wiley InterScience - Wiley - Blackwell Publishers Full-text of selected Wiley Blackwell journals. Covers business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, education, engineering, law, life sciences, mathematics and statistics, medicine and healthcare, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science, psychology, social sciences, and more. More info 38. WilsonWeb databases - WilsonWeb Search across multiple Wilson Web databases covering all disciplines. Includes Wilson's full text databases.  - Tutorial 39. World Book Advanced - World Book Inc. Full-text of the World Book Encyclopedia, Dictionary and Atlas. Includes text entries, maps, tables, sound clips, images, videos, and special reports. Recommended for grades 7-14. Teacher resources available. More info 40. World Book Discover - World Book Inc. Offers differentiated instruction to meet the needs of reluctant readers, ELL, ESL, and adult literacy students. It includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, learning and life skills activities, research and translation tools, multimedia, and interactive video to draw students into curriculum-related topics and subjects relevant to older students. Teacher resources available. More info 41. World Book Kids - World Book Inc. Based on the World Book's Student Discovery Encyclopedia, the content is chosen and written for younger readers. Thousands of colorful illustrations, diagrams, and maps enhance learning. Teacher resources available. More info 42. WorldCat - FirstSearch (OCLC) Serves as combined library catalog for books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Includes records on all subjects. Useful for locating libraries with a particular resource. Note: WorldCat includes many - but not all - academic and public libraries. It does include NSU Libraries. More info  - Tutorial 43. WorldCat.org - Public Web site This version of WorldCat allows users to view tables of contents, summaries and reviews. Especially useful for locating libraries with a particular item; just type in your zip code. Note: WorldCat includes many - but not all - academic and public libraries. It does include NSU Libraries. 44. WorldCat Dissertations and Theses - FirstSearch (OCLC) A subset of WorldCat, this database includes all dissertations and theses cataloged in WorldCat. Many dissertations are available electronically, sometimes at no charge, directly from the publishing institution. 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