Online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to modern and historical census data and demographic information. Social Explorer currently includes data from the entire US Census from 1790, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, original Census tract-level estimates for 2006+, the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980, and more.
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, providing an overview of research across all academic disciplines, with an international focus and emphasis on health and natural sciences.
A gateway allowing you to search across a collection of databases covering social science topics, including psychology, education, political science, sociology and social work.
A collection of e-books emphasizing history and literature, including the series Daily Life Through History, Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors, Historic Events of the 20th Century, Literature in Context, and American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography.
Science reference database including the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, research updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, the latest Science News headlines, biographies, and more.
A database with key resources for locating quick and precise results covering current news and topics, as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting, tax, banking and financial issues of the day.
A searchable index of all American Chemical Society publications. Copies of articles not owned by the Meredith library may be ordered through Interlibrary Loan.
A collection of 280 newspapers published for or by African Americans, beginning with Freedom’s Journal, the first African American newspaper published in the United States.
A collection of nearly 3,000 poems by African American poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, providing a comprehensive survey of the early history of African American poetry.
An index from the USDA providing information on agriculture and its allied fields, including animal sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, farming , agricultural economics, food and human nutrition and earth and environmental sciences.
Searchable online version of the AMA style guide, including glossaries of publishing terms, citation style information, and a guide to correct usage of common medical terms.
An index to journal articles, books, book chapters, media reviews, and dissertations covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
The AFI Catalog, the premier, authoritative resource of American film information, covers the history of American cinema comprehensively from 1893 to 1975, with full or short records for films from 1976-2014.
The American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection contains more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1693 to 1877, predominantly published in the United States or Canada.
This database is designed to meet the information needs of the caring professions, and spans the literature of health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.
Database with full-text and images covering wide variety of topics, including antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design and much more.
A specialized bibliography available for study of modern and contemporary art. Covers all art forms, including fine art, digital art, crafts, design and photography.
A full-text databases featuring hundreds of journal titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
Reference database with authoritative and up-to-date auto repair and service information on more than 38,000 vehicles. Includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.
A biography database of in-depth profiles from Current Biography and World Authors, the periodical coverage of Biography Index, and specialist content from Junior Authors & Illustrators.
A comprehensive collection of full-text biographies, including actors, artists, authors, current world leaders, explorers, religious leaders and many more.
Offers full-text, indexing and abstracts of articles from thousands of business and trade journals, along with financial data, books, reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, research reports, company profiles, SWOT Analyses, and more.
Datamonitor company profiles provide information on over 10,000 companies. Each 20 - 30 page profile includes a company overview, key facts about the company, a business description, a company history, a SWOT analysis, and a list of key employees.
The most comprehensive Canadian reference collection available today, featuring a diversified mix of publications, including scholarly journals, trade publications, dissertations, books, newspapers and magazines.
A searchable online edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. The manual covers a variety of topics from manuscript preparation and publication to grammar, usage, documentation and citation guidelines.
Materials on Chinese history and culture, featuring collections of unique archival manuscripts, along with printed materials including missionary periodicals, atlases and books.
The online version of Choice, the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, published since 1966, is the leading source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
Database of nursing and allied health journals with additional materials that include nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheets, audiovisuals, and continuing education modules.
The official website for U.S. federal legislative information, providing access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.
Full-text reports on current and controversial issues, with in-depth coverage of political and social issues, such as health, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
An online collection of reference books including dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, biographies, statistics, quotations, and audio and image files from many different publishers.
An online archive of declassified U.S. Government documents from 1900-2008, including State Department political analyses and White House confidential file materials.
An international bibliography of completed dissertations and dissertation topics in the fields of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology, as well as in related disciplines.
A collection of full-text scholarly, reference and professional eBooks (electronic books) from leading university, academic and professional publishers.
A comprehensive education database covering all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
A curriculum and reference resource delivering collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for schools and libraries of all kinds, as well as additional subject-based material.
A collection of over 160,000 poems, essentially comprising the complete canon of English poetry of the British Isles from the 8th century to around 1900.
A collection of full-text resources for entrepreneurship and small business research. including business journals, magazines, reference books, case studies, company profiles, and videos.
This resource, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, provides access to education literature and resources. It is the largest database of materials for education in the world.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC is the world's largest database of materials for education in the world. This link provides a way to search ERIC using the ProQuest search platform.
Freely available search interface to search ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), an online digital library of education research and information, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Database providing comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare.
A resource that enables users to explore industries and careers, plan their education, and research best practices for résumés, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and salaries/benefits. The database includes articles, career advice blogs, and streaming video.
A filmography containing details of films and biographies of film personalities from around the world. It includes information on international film awards as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists.
Thousands of high quality videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.
A comprehensive and current literary collection providing full-text articles from scholarly journals and literary magazines, along with critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, biographies, and more.
A searchable collection of E-book reference titles that includes encyclopedias, almanacs, handbooks, dictionaries, directories, and specialized reference sources.
Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
A huge collection of books scanned from the collections of major libraries, including full text for works in the public domain, and previews of works that are under copyright.
A web resource that allows users to search for scholarly literature, including journal articles, peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, and abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research.
The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government. Includes the Congressional Record, Federal register, public papers of the President, agency reports and much more.
Database providing access to materials on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.
A resource for finding trustworthy health information online, offering free access to health information, news, journal articles, health related ebooks, popular health videos from PBS, health resources in Spanish, and more.
A resource with consumer-oriented information on many health-related topics including medical sciences, food science and nutrition, childcare, aging, fitness, sports medicine and general health.
Database providing more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of allied health and nursing is particularly strong.
This collection includes law reviews, academic journals, the Congressional Record, U.S. Reports back to 1754, books from the 18th-19th centuries, all U.S. Treaties, the Federal Register and CFR, and constitutions for every country in the world.
A treasury of American genealogical sources: unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more.
Scholarly database covering the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Includes key history journals from major countries, as well as relevant selected journals from the social sciences and humanities.
IBISWorld is a collection of US and global industry reports providing performance data and analysis; supply chain information; forecasts; operating strengths and weaknesses; analysis of external drivers; major player market strategies; and profit and costs benchmarks.
This social sciences database includes millions of citations to journal articles, books, reviews and chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material.
This database provides full-text, indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals covering all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition.
Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television and more.
Provides information from many of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
Instructional videos on biology lab techniques, including fundamental techniques for cell and molecular biology, along with videos on species commonly used in biology lab research.
JSTOR provides full text online access to important scholarly journal literature in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other humanities and social sciences disciplines.
This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. It covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
A database of periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings related to library and information science. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more.
An extensive full-text collection of literary criticism, bringing together hundreds of curated volumes representing a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres.
An interactive language-learning resource that provides step by step lessons for 71 different languages, along with 17 ESL/ELL courses. Mango also offers a free mobile app.
General reference magazines and publications covering a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues.
A comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940, providing access to bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature.
A medical information website from the NIH which offers extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, the latest health news, and more.
A database offering a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
Directory with information on over 6,000 journals and book series in the areas of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore that fall within the scope of the MLA International Bibliography.
The MLA International Bibliography, published by the Modern Language Association, is the leading scholarly bibliography for research on modern languages, literatures, folklore, linguistics and film. This resource also includes full text of many of the most-used journals in the MLA bibliography.
Morningstar Investment Research Center is an all-inclusive investment research database that features data and analysis on international and domestic stocks, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds.
This database provides full-text, indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals covering all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition. Formerly known as the IIMP.
A searchable full-text and image archive of National Geographic Magazine,allowing readers to explore the articles, photos and maps from over a century of the magazine's issues.
The world's largest online classical music library, offering CD-quality streaming of more than 100,000 recordings, focusing mainly on classical music, but also including jazz, blues, folk and world music.
An online encyclopedia of North Carolina history and culture, including sections on biography and people, business and industry, culture, education, geography and environment, government, history and quick facts.
An archival collection of 15 major magazines (including the Newsweek archive) spanning areas including current events, international relations, and public policy.
Provides access to full text and full image articles from the New York Times, including every page, every article and every issue from 1851 to five years ago.
A searchable archive of 19th Century newspapers from across the U.S., allowing readers to view both individual articles and entire pages. Also includes essays by journalism historians to provide historical context.
A collection of the immediate experiences of 1,325 women from the Colonial period to 1950, with over 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography on its sources.
Online full-text of many North Carolina newspapers, including the Raleigh News & Observer, the Charlotte Observer, the Greensboro News & Record and the Winston-Salem Journal.
A project of the North Carolina State Archives, this collection contains over 23,000 pages from North Carolina newspapers dating from 1751 until 1898.
These materials include papers dating from 1751-1890's from cities like Edenton (1787-1801), Fayetteville (1798-1795), Hillsboro (1786), New Bern (1751-1804), Salisbury (1799-1898), and Wilmington (1765-1816) - a total of 23,483 digital images that are keyword searchable.
An index to articles in the arts, social sciences, and sciences appearing in North Carolina periodicals, most of which are not indexed in standard reference sources.
A readers’ advisory resource that uses appeal factors and expert reviews to offer read-alike and listen-alike recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, and audiobooks.
A comprehensive dictionary of the English language that stresses the historical origins of words, the Oxford English Dictionary is the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150.
A gateway offering access to key music reference resources, including Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music.
This resource covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a wide variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more.
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. Its indexed content includes journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages maintained by academics.
A full-text database providing students with essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database covers more than 280 topics, each with an overview, point, counterpoint and Critical Thinking Guide.
This database provides information pertinent to the study of business and finance topics across Asia and Europe, including academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and magazines
This database provides access to a wide range of biology topics including some of the most popular information resources for users in academic, government and public research environments.
This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources: Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analytica, and Snapshots.
Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
This database serves as a central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content, including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos.
ProQuest Computing provides access to comprehensive coverage of computer topics, drawn from scholarly journals and trade publications as well as consumer titles.
Offers access to over 900 top educational publications, most with full text. Coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
This database offers a broad range of entrepreneurship resources for educators, researchers, students and practitioners. It includes scholarly journals, dissertations, working papers and conference proceedings, along with practical guides, templates, forms, sample business plans and tips from entrepreneurs.
The collection contains environmental science related full-text articles, access to figures and tables within articles, environmental impact statements, and the entire range of bibliographic records from Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (ESPM).
This database includes journals and magazines covering an enormous range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.
This database includes full-text journals and other sources in linguistics, covering all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
This database covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering and more.
This database offers reliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health, including journals, video, dissertations, reference books and more.
This database gives users access to leading political science and international relations journals. It also includes over a thousand recent doctoral dissertations on political science topics, together with working papers, conference proceedings, country profiles, political news and other sources.
This database provides full-text access to hundreds of psychology journals; coverage includes behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.
This database provides a wide range of primarily full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought. Included are titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations.
This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences, covering topics related to all major fields of study: Physics, Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Astronomy and more.
A comprehensive survey of current publications related to film scholarship, along with detailed and expansive filmographies. Includes the specialist index FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database and the detailed and complementary filmographies created by the American Film Institute and the British Film Institute; AFI Catalog and Film Index International.
This database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work and sociology.
A gateway allowing you to search across a collection of databases covering social science topics, including psychology, education, political science, sociology and social work.
This database covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction and more.
This database covers telecommunications and the telecom industry, including: computer applications, data communications and data transmission systems, electronic data processing, information science and information theory, radio, television, and wireless communication.
A database of full text peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific psychology articles. Topics include general psychology as well as specialized, applied, clinical, and theoretical research.
The most comprehensive international database devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains millions of citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports.
PsycTESTS is a collection of ready-to-use tests and measures. Most are available for immediate download and use in teaching and research. Tests are relevant to psychology and related fields, such as psychiatry, education, medicine, business, and social work.
Provides access to over 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE and additional life science journals and books. Topics include medicine, nursing, chemical sciences, nutrition, dentistry, the health care system, behavioral sciences, and more.
PMC is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
A database containing comprehensive indexing of over 500 of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 - 1982. RGR is an excellent source for locating primary materials in 20th-century American history and culture.
Reference and research tool providing instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents.
International weekly science journal, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Includes online issues of Science Magazine from 1997-present, as well as all free content on the Science website.
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, providing an overview of research across all academic disciplines, with an international focus and emphasis on health and natural sciences.
A web-based mapping application that enables non-technical users to quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business, and marketing data.
Designed specifically for elementary and middle school students, SIRS Discoverer offers articles, nonfiction books, images, activities and websites curated for educational relevance, age appropriateness, and readability.
Designed specifically for elementary and middle school students, SIRS Discoverer offer articles, nonfiction books, images, activities and websites curated for educational relevance, age appropriateness, and readability.
Research the pros and cons of current issues and enduring social issues through full-text articles, multimedia, primary sources, government documents and reference materials.
A collection of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world, including all colonial, state and federal statutes, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery, along with legal commentaries, pamphlets and books on slavery from the 19th and early 20th century.
This database comprises 901 searchable tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense.
Social Services Abstracts indexes and abstracts over 1,300 current journals and other periodicals in the disciplines of social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development.
Statista provides statistical data on many topics including media, business, politics, society, technology and education. Sources include market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.
The online edition of the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
A testing and education preparation resource that includes in-depth information on college, graduate, and professional programs, professional training, scholarships, and entrance tests alongside practice tests for entrance exams, certifications, and licensing exams.
Offers exclusive online access to every page of every issue of the TLS from 1902-2012. Articles are indexed and full-text searchable; the archive also identifies authors who were anonymous when their articles were published.
A collection of poetry written by influential and important African American poets of the twentieth century, with the full text of almost 9000 poems by more than 75 poets.
A collection of modern and contemporary American poetry from the early 20th century to the present, including the works of most major twentieth-century American poets.
An online archive of declassified U.S. Government documents from 1900-2008, including State Department political analyses and White House confidential file materials.
Database containing the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s, featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites.
An archive of Vogue magazine (US edition) in full color page image format, from the first issue in 1892 to the present, with monthly updates for new issues.
The Wall Street Journal: Eastern Edition provides information on national and international finance as well as other news and is an indispensable source for business professionals.
WGSN is the leading online trend-analysis and research service for the apparel, style, and retail industries. It offers trend forecasting and analysis up to two years in advance, in addition to consumer attitude and behavior research; coverage of international catwalks and trade shows; up-to-the-minute global news; city guides; media and celebrity reports; and retail and street fashion analysis.
The world's largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Topic areas include studies of individual species, habitat types, hunting, economics, wildlife behavior, management techniques, diseases, ecotourism, zoology, taxonomy and much more.
Women’s Studies International is an index covering the core disciplines relevant to Women’s Studies, including sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education.
Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life.
A catalog of more than 810 million items from your library and the world's library collections, including electronic materials, digital items, databases, music, video, maps, journals, theses and print.
Annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions and reviews, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced since 1964.
Provides abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations, along with complementary fields, including international law and public administration/policy.
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