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Academic OneFile |  | | 1980- |
Academic OneFile is a comprehensive database provided by DISCUS that contains more than 8,000 journals, the majority of which are provided in full-text. It also includes hundreds of podcasts and news transcripts.

Academic Search Premier| | |
Academic Search Premier is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,176 journals in the collection. Areas include: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are a vailable for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color.

African-American Biographical Database| |
Brings together in one resource the biographies of thousands of African Americans, many not to be found in any other reference source. These biographical sketches have been carefully assembled from biographical dictionaries and other sources. This extraordinary collection contains extended narratives of African American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, church leaders, homemakers, religious workers, government workers, athletes, farmers, scientists, factory workers, and more--both the famous and the everyday person. Their stories are pivotal to an understanding of the Black American experience over the last two centuries.

Agricola: Agricultural Online Access | | 1979- |
Updated monthly, Agricola has more than 3.3 million citations to journal literature, government reports, serials, monographs, theses, patents, audiovisual sources, and technical reports in agriculture, agricultural economics, rural sociology, animal sciences, chemistry, plant sciences, natural resources, pesticides, and water resources.

Alta Vista's Multilingual Translator | |
This site translates from English to French, German, Italian, Portugese or Spanish (or the reverse).

Amazing Animals of the World | | |
Contains seven animal categories with 1,200 entries. Also contains photos, locator maps, links to animal sounds, a glossary, games and prescreened Web site links. Includes Lexile reading levels for every article.

American Civil War Research Database | | 1700- |
The American Civil War Research Database is the definitive online resource for researching the individuals, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War. Originally created by Historical Data Systems, Inc., the database contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. With thousands of regimental rosters and officer profiles, the database will continue to grow as new information is loaded semiannually."

American Fact Finder | US Census | | 1999 & 2000 |
This site provides statistics about population, housing, industry and business. Viewing a list of US Census Bureau products, creating reference and thematic maps, and searching for specific data also is possible.

America: History & Life: | | 1964- |
This database covers the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. It offers access to 2,000 plus journals published worldwide and contains almost 400,000 citations including some state and local history journals.

Applied Science & Technology Full Text (Wilson Web) | |
To search only this database, click Applied Science and Technology (AST) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. It covers a full range of applied mathematics, chemistry, communication & computer technology, energy resources & research, engineering, fire & fire prevention, food & food industry, geology, machinery, marine technology, metallurgy, mineralogy, oceanography, physics, space science, textile industry & fabrics, transportation, waste management, as well as other industrial & mechanical arts topics. It offers access to trade and industrial publications, professional and technical society journals, specialized subject periodicals, buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. Abstracting begins as early as 1993 while full text coverage begins in 1997.

ARTFL PROJECT: French-English Dictionary | |
This French-English dictionary contains about 75,000 terms.

Art Full Text (Wilson Web) | |
To search only this database, click Art (ART) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. It covers topics such as advertising art, antiques, archaeology, architecture, art history, computers in art, crafts, decorative arts, fashion design, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, motion pictures, museology, non-Western art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, television, textiles, and video.

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries (CSA) | | 1978- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. The database covers aquaculture, aquatic organisms, aquatic pollution, conservation, environmental quality, fisheries, limnology, marine biotechnology, marine environments, meteorology, oceanography, policy and legislation, and wildlife management. It provides access to 5,000 plus serials, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations, and limited distribution literature.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials| | |
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 517,000 article citations from more than 1,616 journals (506 currently indexed), more than 220,000 essay citations from over 16,100 multi-author works, and more than 474,000 book review citations. This database begins in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.

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Biography & Genealogy Master Index | |
BGMI indexes current, common reference sources, as well as important retrospective works that cover both living and deceased individuals in various disciplines from all over the world. The index now contains more than 13.6 million entries.

Biography Resources Center | | |
For all age groups, this database is a comprehensive source for biographical information. It provides over 300,000 biographies of people from around the world and throughout history, quick reference information on nearly one million people from Who's Who sources, and full text articles from hundreds of magazines and links to selected biography Web sites.

Biological & Agricultural Index (Wilson Web) | |
To search only this database, click Biological & Agricultural (BA) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. It covers topics such as agricultural chemicals, agricultural economics, animal husbandry, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, botany, cytology, ecology, entomology, environmental science, fishery sciences, food science, forestry, genetics, horticulture, immunology, limnology, microbiology, neuroscience, nutrition, physiology, plant pathology, soil science, veterinary medicine, and zoology.

Biological Sciences (CSA) | | 1982- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. The database is updated monthly and offers abstracts and citations for research topics related to biomedicine, biotechnology, ecology, some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science, marine biology, microbiology, molecular biology, mycology, neurosciences, nucleic acids, oncogenes and growth factors, peptides, proteins, protozoology, safety science, toxicology, virology, and zoology.

Biology Digest (CSA) | | 1989- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. The database is updated monthly and provides access to domestic and international life sciences literature including air and water pollution, behavioral science, biochemistry, botany cell biology, climatology, crop science, ecology, education, energy resources, forestry, hydrobiology, immunology, medicine, nutrition, pharmacology, population studies, protozoology, public health, soil science, species preservation, toxicology, transmission of disease, veterinary medicine, virology, and zoology.

Biomed Central: The Open Access Publisher | |
BioMed Central is both a searchable bibliographic database and an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. All of the original research articles in journals published here are immediately and permanently available online without charge.

Black Thought and Culture | | 1700- |
Black Thought and Culture will provide approximately 100,000 pages of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to the present. The collection is intended for research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art.

Book Review Index Online Plus |  | | 1980- |
Contains the entire backfile of Book Review Index print content (1965-), more than 5 million review citations, and more than 634,000 full-text reviews.

Britannica Online (Encyclopedia) | |
This Internet version of the Encyclopedia Britannica includes the complete encyclopedia as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. EB Online also makes an Internet directory available that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.

General Business File ASAP |  | | 1980- |
For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students, this database is a comprehensive resource for business, management and investment topics. It includes full text periodical articles and indexing on business and management topics, newswire articles, newspaper indexing, directory listings on 200,000+ companies, investment and broker research reports.

Business Abstracts (Wilson Web) | | 1982- |
To search only this database, click Business (BUS) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. It covers topics such as accounting, acquisitions & mergers, advertising, banking, building & construction, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, communications, computers, cosmetics industry, economics, electronics, entertainment industry, finance, government regulations, health care, hospitality and tourism, human resources, industrial relations, insurance, international business, management, marketing, mass media, occupational health & safety, oil & gas, paper and pulp industries, public utilities, publishing, purchasing, real estate, retail, small business, and transportation.

Business and Company Resource Center with PROMT and Newsletters |  | | 1980- |
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Predicast's PROMT and Newsletter ASAP databases are fully integrated in this database. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

Business Source Premier |  | |
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

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Cabell's Publishing Company | |
Professors and graduate students in Accounting frequently use Cabell’s Directory to assist them in publishing their manuscripts. Also, administrators and accrediting committees use them to evaluate publication records. Reviewers often praise the Directory for the large number of journals in each Directory and the useful information included for each journal.

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | |
The following databases are available in this system: AFSA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Biological Sciences, Biology Digest, Communication Abstracts, Conference Papers Index, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Abstracts, ERIC, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Medline, Oceanic Abstracts, Plant Science, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and TOXLINE.

Chicago Tribune Archive | |1985- |
Searching this archive and viewing abstracts or citations is free, but viewing articles requires a fee.

The Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) | |
The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is an acquisition, research, and reference service that offers more than 1,400,000 MARC records and more than 280,000 reviews of children's books--all full text searchable from 36 review sources.

The Chronicle of Higher Education | |
Published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as an online CV's, salary databases, and more.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text| | |
CINAHL® Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 620 journals indexed in CINAHL. Of those, 305 are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search(tm), Health Source® or Nursing & Allied Health Collection(tm). This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. The database also provides full text for 218 books/monographs. With full text coverage dating back to 1937, CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

College Source Online| | |
Virtual library representing 31,575 college catalogs in full cover-to-cover, original page format with 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools.

Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition) | |
This resource contains almost 51,000 entries and 80,000 plus hypertext cross-references.

Commerce Business Daily | | 1995- |
CBD lists notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and other procurement information. The Government Printing Office publishes a new edition of the Commerce Business Daily every business day, which is uploaded daily. Each edition contains approximately 500 to 1,000 notices, and each notice appears once.

Communication Abstracts (CSA) | | 1977- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. Updated bimonthly, the database covers communication-related publications on a world-wide scale. Articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions and information sources also are available on topics such as international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication, and public opinions.

Computer Source| | |
Provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for more than 300 publications, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications. Many full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.

Conference Papers Index (CSA) | | 1982- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. Updated bimonthly, CPI provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. It includes complete ordering information to obtain preprints, abstracts, proceedings and other publications derived from the conference, together with title and author information needed to track the specific papers.

Contemporary Authors | | | 1980- |
Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

Current Research@ the University of South Carolina: A Digital Library of Dissertations & Theses| | 1997- |
This database contains the full-text dissertations and master's theses produced by University of South Carolina students. Through this site, you can (1) search citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by USC and published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database, (2) view 24 page previews of dissertations and theses that were published after 1996 from any institution that cooperates with UMI, and (3) download the full text of USC dissertations and theses published after 1996 (for USC students, faculty, and staff the downloaded copies are free).

Custom Newspapers| | |
This database contains full text articles from over 100 U.S. and international newspapers including the New York Times (2000-); Christian Science Monitor (1996-); Post & Courier (Charleston, SC; 2000-), Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1998-) and 40+ other domestic papers; as well as Times (London; 1996-) and 60+ other international papers. It is updated 1-3 days after publication of the print newspapers.

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Dictionary of Units | |
Produced by the University of Exeter, UK, this site summarizes most of the units of measurement in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest) including the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit.

Discus: SC's Virtual Library |  | |
This web site from the SC State Library outlines information about Discus resources that are available in schools, colleges, and public libraries across SC. To search individual databases, click the specifically named database links with Discus logos throughout this list that you want to search. Search all of the databases at one time by clicking the link for Infotrac OneFile.

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Encyclopedia of Animals (EBSCO)| | |
Offers 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. Within some of the full text, image links are available for the Windows client. Images are accessed by double-clicking any image graphic.

Education Full Text (Wilson Web) | |
To search only this database, click Education (EDU) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. It covers all age levels of education, administration, arts, athletics, technology, government funding, instructional media, library science, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, parent-teacher relations, religious education, science and math, special education, student counseling, teacher evaluation, and teaching methods.

Educator's Reference Complete |  | |
Contains more than 1,100 full-text periodicals covering a variety of disciplines, 200 reports from the U.S. Department of Education, resources on educational specialties and issues related to administration, as well as funding and policies. It is updated daily.

Encyclopedia Americana |  | |
For grades 8 and up, this online encyclopedia provides in-depth information, current events and a news archive for student researchers. It includes over 45,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects, over 100,000 related full text periodical articles, links to over 150,000 selected Web sites, a weekly news feature, teacher resources, links to US and international news sites, as well as an interactive atlas, dictionary, and 4,500 black and white and color images.

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (CSA) | |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. Updated monthly, this database covers aquatic pollution, bacteriology, ecology, energy resources, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, impact statements, hazardous waste, industrial hygiene, microbiology, and risk assessment. Its abstracts and citations come from 1,500 plus scientific journals and other sources such as conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books, and government publications.

ERIC (Educational Resources Info. Center) (CSA) | | 1966- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. ERIC is the US national bibliographic database of education literature. It is sponsored by the US Department of Education and consists of 2 files: Resources in Education, which covers document literature, and Current Index to Journals in Education, which covers published journal literature from over 775 periodicals. It also includes some full text of ERIC Digests, which summarize various topics and provide references to related information.

ERIC Educator's Reference Desk | | 1966- |
This version of the ERIC database is available on the Web. The site also offers Resource Guides, Lesson Plans, and Question Archives.

Eur-Lex: the Portal to European Union Law | | 1998- |
The Official Journal of the European Communities, published daily in 11 languages, consists of the L series (legislation) and the C series (information, preparatory acts and notices). There also is a section of the C series, known as the O J C E, that is only published electronically.

Expanded Academic ASAP | | | 1980- |
For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students, this comprehensive periodical database covers all academic disciplines and provides millions of full text articles from 2,000+ scholarly, refereed and professional journals as well as selected general interest magazines. It also indexes additional professional and general periodicals.

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FACTS.com: Issues and Controversies | |
Issues & Controversies @ FACTS.com presents and enhances the full back file of Issues & Controversies On File, which has probed more than 600 controversial topics in the news since its debut in September 1995. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies, and contact information augment the balanced, accurate coverage of current and historical events.

Federal Register | | 1995- |
Updated daily, FR is issued by the US Government Printing Office (GPO) and published on the Web by Community of Science. It lists US federal agency announcements and information, such as presidential documents, agency meetings, grant opportunities, and proposed federal regulations.

FishBase | | 1995- |
This biological database on fish, edited by R. Froese and D. Pauly, was developed by the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) in collaboration with the United Nations (FAO). It functions similar to an encyclopedia and includes population dynamics data; Eschmeyer's (1990) Catalog of the Genera of Recent Fishes; lists of threatened fishes for any given country; diet, prey and predator information; as well as functional databases on genetic traits and culture experiments, etc.

Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia| | |
Database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually.

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Gale's Literary Index | |
This master index to Gale's major literature series contains references for more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 literary works in one source.

Gale Virtual Reference Library | | | 1980- |
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).

General Business File ASAP 1980 - Feb 2008 | | | 1980- |
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

General OneFile (Previously InfoTrac OneFile |  | | 1980- |
Thomson Gale's largest general reference database. For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students, this comprehensive periodical database covers all subjects and all types of periodicals. It includes periodicals from nearly all InfoTrac collections merged into a single database; over 22 million full text articles on all subjects from over 5,000 periodical titles; articles from newswires and general, professional, scholarly and children's periodicals; as well as indexing of the New York Times, other major newspapers and 8,000+ periodicals.

General Reference Center | | | 1980- |
For high school students through adults, this database provides magazine, newspaper and reference articles on a variety of topics of general interest. It includes millions of full text articles from over 900 general magazine titles; reference information from encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs; and covers school subjects, current events, and consumer interest topics.

General Science Full Text (Wilson Web) | | 1984- |
To search only this database, click General Science (GS) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. It is less specialized than Applied Science and Technology Full Text and covers astronomy, atmospheric science, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, earth science, environment, food, genetics, health, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, nutrition, oceanography, physics, physiology, and zoology. Popular science magazines, professional journals, as well as The New York Times Science Section (published weekly on Tuesday) are included.

GEOREF | | 1785- |
This database is from the American Geological Institute and covers the international technical literature on geology and geophysics. It contains over 1.5 million records about North America since 1785 and other areas of the world since 1933 as well as records found in the Bibliography of North American Geology, Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America, Geophysical Abstracts, and the Bibliography and Index of Geology.

Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus | |
Produced by the J. Paul Getty Trust, this comprehensive vocabulary of nearly 120,000 terms describes objects, textural materials, images, architecture and material culture from antiquity to the present.

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names | |
Produced by the J. Paul Getty Trust, this structured vocabulary was developed primarily for the field of art history but has the potential for wide applications related to disciplines such as archeology, history, and geography.

Global Books in Print | |
Updated monthly, BIP is the most comprehensive database of US, Canadian, and UK book, audio, or video titles. It allows searchers to find publishers, read full-text reviews and author biographies, check the availability of a title in other formats, and find bestsellers and award-winners.

GPO Access | | 1774- |
This site provides access to regulatory, legal, congressional and presidential documents, business and economic publications and historical documents databases from the Government Printing Office. It also includes the Core Documents of American Democracy collection.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia |  | |
For grades 5 and up, this online encyclopedia offers reference information and news on all subjects with learning tools and multimedia as well as over 40,000 encyclopedia articles with associated pictures, flags, maps and media, including video, sound, animations, panoramas and cutaways. It links to thousands of related periodical articles and Web sites, weekly news articles with news quiz and related Web links, and the monthly Brain Jam e-zine with teacher resources and student activities.

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HarpWeek: Harper's Weekly | | 1857-1865 |
This database contains all of the pages of Harper's Weekly (1857-1865) as scanned images with a series of indexes. It is searchable by date, index terms, literary genre, and occupation/role.

Health & Wellness Resource Center |  | |
For advanced middle school students through adults, this database is a portal to health information from a variety of sources for general users. It contains full text articles from 600+ health, nursing, allied health and medical journals; health-related articles from 2,200 general interest magazines; medical encyclopedia articles, pamphlets, drug information and hospital directory; as well as access to health news and key health Web sites.

Health Reference Center: Academic |  | |
For college-level and other adult researchers, this database offers access to health and medical periodicals and reference information for academic researchers. It includes full text articles from 600+ health, nursing, allied health and medical journals; health-related articles from 1,500 general interest magazines; and articles from medical reference titles and pamphlets.

Health Source - Consumer Edition | | |
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition | | |
Provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for more than 800 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.

Historical Abstracts | | 1969- |
Historical Abstracts is recognized as the leading bibliography for historical study in the world and includes key historical journals from virtually every major conutry. It covers world history (1450-present) and releated areas of the social sciences and humanities including culture, diplomacy, economics, international relations, and politics.

Historical Statistics of the United States | |
This is the electronic version of the Bicentennial Edition of the Historical Statistics of the United States (1975). It is a standard source for quantitative indicators of United States history from Colonial Times - 1970.

Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online | | Colonial times to Present |
The online edition of the Historical Statistics of the United States provides detailed statistical information covering a vast array of topics, such as slavery, migration, poverty and much more. The resource is fully searchable and downloadable, with approximately 37,000 data series. This powerful tool allows users to create customized tables and spreadsheets using data that is fully accessible online.

History Resource Center: US| | |
History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series.

History Resource Center: World| | |
Contains more than 1,500 primary sources from Primary Source Microfilm, full-text articles from more than 110 academic journals, amd more than 1,600 historical maps and atlases. Includes annotated Web links to primary source special collection sites and chronological timelines.

Hoover's, Inc. | | |
Hoover’s offers approximately 14,000 company capsules (brief company descriptions and financials) for free, and approximately 4,000 company profiles (company histories, strategies, market positions, major events, and other information)plus industry information available via online subscription.

Humanities Full Text (Wilson Web) | | 1984- |
To search only this database, click Humanities (HUM) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. This database covers archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary & social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology.

Human Relations Area Files - eHRAF | |
A full text database that provides primarily descriptive information on the cultures of the world. Annual installments will contain 50,000 or more pages of text on 15 or more cultures. In addition to the text, indexed by the Outline of Cultural Materials, the database also contains a bibliography for each culture and a cultural summary.

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Index to Legal Periodicals & Books (Wilson Web) | |
To search only this database, click Legal (ILP) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. This database covers administrative law; antitrust legislation; banking; constitutional law; domestic relations; environmental protection; estate planning; food, drug & cosmetic law; international law; labor law; landlord/tenant decisions; malpractice suits; minorities; multinational corporations; negligence; non-profit corporations; occupational health & safety; politics; probate; products liability; public law; real property; securities; tax law; and trade regulation.

Ingenta | | 1988- |
Ingenta provides keyword access to the table of contents pages from over 17,000 journals. It lists over 7 million articles that have appeared since 1988 and includes periodicals from all subject areas although it concentrates heavily on the sciences and social sciences.

The Item, Sumter, SC newspaper | |

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Journalism & Mass Communications Abstracts | | 1965- |
Produced by the Chicago Tribune, this database, which is formerly known as Journalism Abstracts, includes abstracts of research-based dissertations and theses that were prepared by student authors and accepted for graduate degrees. Abstracts of creative projects done to complete a graduate degree are excluded. The abstracts appear alphabetically by the author's last name; the dissertations appear first, and the masters theses follow. They are indexed by institution, author, and subject. The subject index is a mixture of key words taken from the abstracts and general terms that are assigned by the editor.

JSTOR | | date varies |
JSTOR offers full-text online access to back issues of more than 100 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Issues are entered online after having been published for 2-5 years. The entire printed matter of the journal as published is included, and coverage for most titles begins with their starting numbers. Adobe Acrobat Reader is necessary to view and print from JSTOR.

Junior Edition (InfoTrac) |  | | 2000- |
For middle school students, their teachers and parents, this database includes magazine, newspaper and reference sources on all subjects; full text articles from 130+ magazines, with full image of 60+ titles; and maps, articles from reference books and newswire articles. It provides access to short stories, poems, quizzes, experiments and activities and offers Toolbox, which helps students learn research and writing skills.

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Kids InfoBits (InfoTrac) |  | | 1990- |
For K-5 students, their teachers and parents, this database provides access to articles, pictures and reference information on all subjects. It contains full text articles from 120+ children's magazines, reference sources and newspapers as well as 2,500 searchable images and maps, and reading levels are assigned to most articles. It also includes activities, recipes, experiments, poetry and stories by children and Teacher Toolbox, which helps teach research and writing skills.

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LegalTrac |  | | 1980- |
For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students, this database is an index to law and legal periodicals with selected full text articles. It indexes over 1,400 titles; full text articles from 100+ titles; major law reviews, legal newsletters, bar association journals and international titles; as well as law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.

Library Literature & Info. Science Full Text (Wilson Web) | |
To search only this database, click Library & Information Science (LIB) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. This database covers automation, cataloging, censorship, children's literature, circulation, classification, copyright legislation, education for librarianship, government aid, information brokers, Internet software and sites, library associations & conferences, library equipment & supplies, personnel administration, preservation of materials, public relations, and publishing.

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (CSA) | | 1973- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. This is the definitive database on the nature and use of language; it covers research in linguistics (the nature and structure of human speech); research in language (speech sounds, sentence and word structure, meaning in language forms, spelling, phonetics); and research in speech, language, and hearing pathology.

Literature Resource Center with MLA International Bibl. | |
This database offers information on works and literary figures from all time periods in genres such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more. It contains biographies, bibliographies, critical essays, overviews of literary works, authoritative author and literature related web sites, and approximately 250 well respected literary journals. It also provides access to MLA International Bibliography with Directory of Periodicals, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, and the Gale Literary Index.

LitFinder |  | | 1980- |
Contains full-text content includes poems, stories, essays, plays and speeches. Includes 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, biographies, work summaries, photographs and a glossary. Also contains 850 Spanish-language poems with English translations. Works from writers of diverse nationalities and ethnicities, dating from antiquity to the present.

LLMC Digital - Law Library Microform Consortium | |
This database contains over 7,500 titles and approximately 90,000 volumes of interest to researchers in law and history. Its backfile comprises the world's largest collection of legal literature and government documents in microform.

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MAS Ultra - School Edition| | |
Designed specifically for high school libraries, provides full text from more than 550 popular general interest and current events publications covering general reference, health, science, and other areas, with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 650 titles. Every full text article is assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). This database also includes more than 3,000 charts, tables and graphs; 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews; more than 500 health and science-related full text pamphlets; coverage of 339 reference books (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book and World Almanac & Book of Facts) and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps & flags.

MEDLINE| | |
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree numbers, tree hierarchy and explosion capabilities to search abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.

MEDLINE| OvidSP| |
MEDLINE is the primary source of global information from international literature on biomedicine, including the following topics as they relate to biomedicine and health care: Biology, plant and animal science, environmental science, biophysics, marine biology, and chemistry.

Medline (CSA) | | 1988- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. This database contains citations with abstracts to biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. It includes references to articles from approximately 3,200 journals published in the US and approximately 70 other countries. It covers chapters and articles from elected monographs from 1976-1981, and author abstracts are available for about 60% of the citations.

Medline - PubMed | | 1966- |
This website offers free access to the National Library of Medicine's biomedical and consumer health literature; it also offers links to authoritative websites that feature medical information.

Merck Index | |
The Merck Index contains 10,955 monographs describing significant chemicals, drugs, and biological substances. The entries are not a listing of Merck & Co., Inc. products, but rather cover a wide range of compounds, which have been selected on the basis of present or historic importance and interest.

Merriam - Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus | |
This dictionary database offers pronunciation, word function, and simple etymology information while the thesaurus provides word function and hot-linked synonyms.

Military & Government Collection| | |
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals. The database also includes full text for 245 pamphlets and offers indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.

MLA Directory of Periodicals| | |
Contains all information available on the journals and series on the bibliography's Master List of Periodicals. Over 7,100 titles are included; of these, over 4,400 are currently indexed. The entries list editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, and submission guidelines. The directory also provides statistics on how many articles and book reviews the periodicals publish each year, as well as how many are submitted.

MLA International Bibliography| | |
An index of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.6 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included. In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the association's proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors to each record in the bibliography are also included.

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National Criminal Justice Reference Service | | 1970- |
This database contains summaries of 170,000 publications including federal, state, and local government reports; books; research reports; journal articles; and unpublished research. 12 core periodicals are comprehensively abstracted, and many more periodicals are routinely examined. Subject areas include corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, and victims of crime.

Nature | |
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.

New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia | | |
For grades 3 and up, this online encyclopedia offers reference information on all subjects with current events and educational features. It includes over 9,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects, with pictures and maps; related articles from children's magazines; related Web sites appropriate for children; weekly news articles and pictures with lesson plans; and links to student activities, educational games and teacher resources.

Custom Newspapers |  | |
This database contains full text articles from over 100 U.S. and international newspapers including the New York Times (2000-); Christian Science Monitor (1996-); Post & Courier (Charleston, SC; 2000-), Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1998-) and 40+ other domestic papers; as well as Times (London; 1996-) and 60+ other international papers. It is updated 1-3 days after publication of the print newspapers.

NTIS - National Technical Information Service | | 1990- |
This database contains complementary materials from international sources as well as citations for 750,000 documents and links to government web sites for scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information that is produced by or for the US government.

Nursing and Allied Health Source (Proquest) | |
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source makes it easy to find reliable healthcare information. This database provides full text journals, evidence based resources, and dissertations to support the study of the many aspects of nursing or the allied health professions, including physical therapy, radiography, dietetics, dental hygiene, and the clinical laboratory sciences.

Nursing Collection II: Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals| OvidSP| |
The most up-to-date, respected nursing titles for your clinical decision and research support with direct journal links from databases such as CINAHL®, MEDLINE® and British Nursing Index. 100% searchable full text - every word, graphic and caption, cover to cover. Unlimited access to all tables of contents and bibliographic citations for every journal, plus free tables of contents for more than 1000 biomedical e-journals. Millions of links possible - from full text to full text, full text to bibliographic databases, external URLs, and more!

Nursing Resource Center |  | |
Contains more than 20 full-text reference books, more than 200 animations from Blausen Medical’s Human Atlas, covering all major body systems. Users can search results returned in tabs that correlate to the nursing process. Includes disease and drug overviews, sample care plans and a Nursing Toolbox.

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Occupational Outlook Handbook | |
OOH is nationally recognized for career information that helps individuals make decisions about their future work lives.  It is revised every 2 years and outlines what workers do on the job, their working conditions, the training and education needed, salary, and what the expected job prospects are in a wide range of occupations.

Oceanic Abstracts (CSA) | | 1981- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. Updated monthly, this database exclusively covers worldwide technical literature pertaining to marine and brackish-water environments as well as fisheries, geology, geophysics, geochemistry, marine pollution, nonliving marine resources, communications, maritime law, desalination, ships, meteorology, plus environmental and technological topics.

Omni Gazetteer - Web | |
This electronic edition of the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America provides place names for the United States and its territories.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center |  | |
Contains more than 400 reference book titles and more than 8,700 pro and con viewpoint articles. Also has periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts and graphs. The content levels may be selected for retrieving appropriate results. The database also Includes Lexile reading levels for periodical content. Content is correlated to social studies and science curriculum standards for middle and high school.

Oxford English Dictionary Online | |
Updated quarterly, OED Online contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition and the 3-volume Additions Series. Many Additions entries are additions to entries that previously were published in the Second Edition; they are appended to the end of the appropriate Second Edition entry. Complete entries published for the first time in the Additions volumes are presented as free-standing entries along with entries from the Second Edition.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | |
An illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women from around the world who shaped all aspects of Great Britain's past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.

Oxford Reference Online | |
Brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource. The Premium Collection offers over 170 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series.

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Plant Science (CSA) | | 1994- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. Updated monthly, Plant Science contains citations and abstracts of plant science literature including pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and environmental biology. Over 250 primary research journals are scanned by specialized scientific editors to add approximately 23,000 titles to the database each year. Since July 1996, abstracts have been added when available.

Population Index | | 1986-2000 |
This website is a searchable and browsable database that contains over 42,000 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index. It provides access to monographs, articles and other serials, working papers, doctoral dissertations, machine-readable data files, as well as relevant acquisitions lists and bibliographies for topics such as rates of fertility, mortality, population size and growth, migration, marriage and the family, research methodology, projections, and demographic and economic interrelations.

PRAXIS Practice Tests from Plato Learning | |
An off campus log-in handout is available on the display rack. Ask for help at the Circulation Desk. This website offers an online simulated pre-professional skills test.

Primary Search | | |
Designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children's rooms, contains full text for more than 60 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 100 magazines. Full text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets. Examples of publications covered in Primary Search include: Appleseeds, Boys' Life, Cobblestone, Cricket, Highlights for Children, Hopscotch, Jack & Jill, Ladybug, Ranger Rick, Science World, Spider, SuperScience, Time for Kids, Turtle, and many more. This database also provides the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Many full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text backfiles go as far back as 1989, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as 1984.

Project Muse | |
Includes the full-text of over 300 quality journal titles, covering literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

PROQUEST | |
Contains citations and/or abstracts for over 2 million dissertations and theses. The database accepts over 90 percent of doctoral dissertations in North America and contains thousands of international titles. Additionally, the database provides 24 page previews for many recent titles as well as numerous full text documents.

PsycARTICLES| | |
A definitive source of searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 39,000 searchable full text articles from 44 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 52 journals. Coverage spans from 1985 to the present.

PsycINFO| | |
PsycINFO , from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.4 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 98 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,200 periodicals in more than 27 languages.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection| | |
A comprehensive database providing more than 550 full text publications, including 550 peer-reviewed journals. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection. Publications offered can be searched independently, but also allows users to conveniently link to full text from citations within PsycINFO. All full text publications included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO. The majority of full text titles in this database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965.

PubMed - Medline | | 1966- |
This website offers free access to the National Library of Medicine biomedical literature, consumer health information, and links to authoritative online medical resources.

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Readers' Guide Full Text (Wilson Web) | | 1983- |
To search only this database, click Readers' Guide (Current Events) (RDG) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. This database covers aeronautics, african-americans, aging, astronomy, automobiles, biography, business, Canada, children, computers, consumer education, current events, education, environment, fashion, film, fine arts, food, foreign affairs, health, history, hobbies, home, journalism, leisure activities, medicine, music, news, nutrition, photography, politics, religion, science, sports, and television.

Regional Business News| | |
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.

General Reference Center |  | | 1980- |
For high school students through adults, this database provides magazine, newspaper and reference articles on a variety of topics of general interest. It includes millions of full text articles from over 900 general magazine titles; reference information from encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs; and covers school subjects, current events, and consumer interest topics.

The Religion Case Reporter | | 1998-present |
Indexes court decisions relating to religious issues. Provides references to where the text of court cases can be located. The text of Federal statutes relating to religious issues is also included. Dates covered include: 1998- (Some decisions from 1997 are also included if decision was published after December 31, 1997)

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | |
This website makes the 1995, 3rd edition of Roget's II available; it contains succinct definitions as well as 35,000 synonyms, and over 250,000 cross-references.

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SCIway: SC Census Information | | 1994-1998 |
This website features the largest and most comprehensive directory of information about South Carolina on the Internet.

SC State Agency/Employee Phone Book | |
This directory offers access to the phone numbers for SC state government. The database is searchable by specific agency classified listings and by employee name or agency affiliation.

ScienceDirect | | date varies |
ScienceDirect offers full-text access to over 1 million articles in broad collections of primary journal literature. The heart of this database is the Elsevier Science collection, which comprises 1,100 journals. It covers chemistry, materials science, engineering & technology, environmental science, economics, business & management science, neurosciences, pharmacology & toxicology, physics, mathematics & computer science, earth sciences, social sciences, biochemistry, microbiology & immunology, biological sciences, and clinical medicine.

Science Resource Center| | |
Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science Resource Center, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.

Science's Next Wave | | current |
The Next Wave is published by Science magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Not-for-profit, this weekly online publication covers scientific training, career development, and the science job market.

Scirus | |
Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages, enabling you to quickly: Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web. Find the latest report, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre-prints and journals that other search engines miss. Offer unique functionalities designed for scientists and researchers.

Scottish Bibliographies Online | | 1976- |
This database comprises the Bibliography of Scotland (BOS) and the Bibliography of Scottish Gaelic (BOSG). BOS, Scotland's national bibliography, brings together over 60,000 records of books and major articles of Scottish interest published all over the world. In principle, it covers the period from 1976 to the present, but most of the records available online date from 1988 to the present. When completed, the BOSG is intended to list books and periodicals published in Gaelic, or containing substantial Gaelic text, from the beginning of Gaelic publishing. At present, it lists much but not all of the Gaelic material held in the National Library of Scotland plus some recent periodical articles.

Scribner Writers Series | | |
For high school through college level, this database includes essays on the lives and works of 1,600+ important authors from around the world. It provides in-depth coverage of noted novelists, playwrights, poets, short story writers, essayists, journalists, critics, philosophers and writers for children and young adults and contains 40+ essays on special topics in literature such as gothic novels, nature poetry, etc.

The Shakespeare Collection |  | | 1980- |
Use The Shakespeare Collection to access and study an extensive collection of authoritative materials supporting literary, textual, historical, and performance studies. Resources include the most recent Arden Shakespeare editions of the complete works, as well as editions and adaptations of Shakespeare's works, other works published during Shakespeare's time, prompt books, the Gordon Crosse Theatrical Diaries, criticism, reviews, images, and reference.

SIRS Discoverer | | |
An off campus log-in handout for Discus resources is available on the display rack. Ask for help at the Circulation Desk. For students in grades 1-9, their teachers and parents, this database contains articles, pictures, reference information and Web sites on all subjects; age appropriate, full text articles and images selected from 1,600+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources; maps, pictures, photo essays, activities, biographies, country facts, current events; and links to age appropriate Web sites with reading level indicators.

SIRS Knowledge Source |  | |
An off campus log-in handout for Discus resources is available on the display rack. Ask for help at the Circulation Desk. For advanced middle school students through adults, this database includes articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects. Articles are selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources. It contains news, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites; special features on literature, terrorism and other topics; an interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources; and images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions.

Small Business Resource Center |  | |
Contains full-text periodicals, news sources, reference books and Web site links, and hundreds of sample business plans created by real-life entrepreneurs. It is updated continuously.

Social Sciences Full Text (Wilson Web) | | 1983- |
To search only this database, click Social Science (SS) in the Subject Area menu of Wilson Web's OmniFile Full Text Mega. Updated weekly, this database covers addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, community health & medical care, corrections, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning & public administration, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, urban studies, and women's studies.

Social Services Abstracts (CSA) | | 1980- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. Updated monthly, this database provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related topics such as social welfare, social policy, and community development.

Sociological Abstracts (CSA) | | 1963- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. Updated quarterly, this database contains the latest worldwide findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science. It provides access to articles, serial publications, monographs, and dissertations.

The State, Columbia, SC newspaper | | |
Archive of full text articles from The State (Columbia, SC) newspaper. It contains locally written articles (news, editorials, sports, business, arts, features); letters to the editor and major newswire articles; most obituaries (death notice coverage begins March 1994); and Special Reports from NewsBank, which are topics in the news with reprints of stories from a variety of sources with related photographs and maps. Note: Updated 1-2 days after publication of the print newspaper. See The State.com for free access to the latest 1-2 days of coverage.

Student Edition (InfoTrac) |  | | 1985- |
For high school students, their teachers and parents, this database includes articles and reference information on topics most often researched in high schools. It contains over 3 million full text articles from 400+ periodical titles, newswire articles and articles from reference sources, as well as a selection of maps and historical images.

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TDNet - Electronic Journals Master List | |
The Libraries of the University of South Carolina campuses provide electronic access to many full text articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers. TDNet is a directory of these materials for each USC Library. TDNet search results link to electronic resources that contain the full text of the articles listed. Please be aware that in some cases database restrictions may prevent access from off campus locations, or a specific E-journal may be unavailable if the USC Libraries do not own a print subscription. Even if a journal title is listed in the master list, all years and issues of that title also are not necessarily available in electronic format. If you do not find the journal that you need in TDNet, please check USCAN, the USC library catalog, to determine if the journal is available in print at your campus library.

TOXLINE (CSA) | | 1994- |
Click the link above, then Alphabetical List, either Quick Search or Advanced Search, and finally select this title from the list. Updated monthly, TOXLINE covers all areas of toxicology including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. The database contains citations and abstracts from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine, information in the database is drawn from a number of discrete files including Toxicity Bibliography and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. This version of TOXLINE does not contain information from Chemical Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or International Pharmaceutical Abstracts.

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US Census Bureau | | 2000 |
This website includes the census of population and housing, economic census, census of governments and other census bureau surveys, data, and publications.

US Patent and Trademark Office | | 1790- |
This website is a searchable full-text database of all patents issued since 1976. It includes all bibliographic data, such as the inventor's name, the patent's title, and the assi