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Search Complete JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically of 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. For more information about JSTOR collections, please visit Currently Available Collections and Journals. Through its licenses with different database providers, TexShare offers users access to full-text articles from approximately 17,000 professional, scientific, academic, and medical journals. But because each of the database providers has its own proprietary search engine, sometimes finding a *specific* journal title or topic can be difficult. TDNet solves the problem by providing a searchable list of ALL the journal titles available to TexShare users from all of the different database providers. This list includes the available holdings and an indication if full-text is available, as well as online coverage and embargo period information. This service does not search databases purchased separately from the TexShare family of databases. See a librarian for details. NetLibrary E-books This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. For a complete list of titles, click here. Health & Wellness Resource Center Provides a one stop, full-service resource for consumers and health care professionals covering topics both in traditional medicine and alternative and complimentary therapies. It provides a rich collection of books, journals, magazines, pamphlets, and streaming videos. This product offers additional information on alternative topics such as, herbal remedies, yoga, homeopathy, midwifery, chiropractic and more. Health Reference Center Academic Multi-source database that provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. Integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical interviews; and key reference books. Health Source: Nursing / Academic This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more. In addition, this database includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. For a complete list of titles, click here. 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, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. Provides full-text access, including all graphics, tables, figures and photographs to a variety of professional nursing journals. An electronic medical library that enables users to cross-search more than 35 medical resources such as Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Mosby's Drug Consult®, the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult and more! The most comprehensive and current online database on authors and their works, the Literature Resource Center provides full-text literature criticism, biographies, bibliographies, and work overviews covering authors from every genre, time period and discipline. The Literature Resource Center covers more than 130,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers such as philosophers, filmmakers, and anthropologists. For a complete listing of available journals, click here. Gain access to more than 2,400 original and detailed biographical and critical essays on the lives and works of approximately 1,750 important authors from around the world. Researchers can go directly to an entry on a specific author, combine search criteria for a more complex search, or explore thematic and chronological topics to make connections among writers. The Twayne's Authors series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of nearly 600 books drawn from three print series---United State Authors, World Authors and English Authors. This collection brings together the works and criticisms of nearly 600 English language-poets in a vast and representative collection. Coverage is broken down by British or American authors. Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,730 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, 85,639 biographies, 104,481 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 276,132 photos, maps & flags. For a complete list of titles, click here. The electronic archive of Dallas Morning News articles (most of the stories that have been published in the newspaper since January, 1985). Search more than 650 full-text, regional and national newspapers, more than 60 international newspapers, hundreds of college campus newspapers and major news and business stories from over 165 McClatchy-Tribune wire services. Cover-to-cover coverage of the New York Times from 1995, USA Today, Austin-American Statesman from 1996, Washington Times from 1996, Houston Chronicle from 1996, The Financial Times from 1996, The Times (London) since 1986, and many more. For a complete title list, click here. Newspaper Source™ provides cover-to-cover full text for 28 national (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selected full text for more than 260 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from ABC, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc. For a complete list of titles, click here. Complete Database Listing Academic
Search Complete AGRICOLA (Abstracts Only) Contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 2.5 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture. This database does not contain full-text materials. This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. For a complete list of titles, click here. Business
Source Complete Computer
Source CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. CHC offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from many important source-types, and provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information. For a complete list of titles, click here. See also Salud en Español. Contemporary
Authors The electronic archive of Dallas Morning News articles (most of the stories that have been published in the newspaper since January, 1985). Dictionary of Literary Biography Dictionary of Literary Biography provides over 12,000 biographical and full-text critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres. EBSCO (Complete Listing) A complete list of the EBSCO databases provided by the Texas State Library's TexShare Database program. This extensive database provides students with thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. Each entry begins with a simple category breakdown of the animal including Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus & Species, and Geographical Locale as well as a detailed description. Many entries include colorful images. A collaborative effort between EBSCO Publishing and ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados). This bibliographic database is an indispensable tool for research conducted in the areas of business and economics. Search functionality is enhanced through the incorporation of author keywords supplied in Spanish and English. More than 70,000 records, dating back to the early 1980s, provide coverage for more than 300 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere. Titles include Revista de la CEPAL, Revista de Administraçao, Estudios Empresariales, and Agroeconómico. For a complete list of titles, click here. eLibrary Curriculum Edition users find the answers they need from more than 2,225 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, weblinks, and audio/video content. Titles include: The Economist, History Today, Jet, The Lancet, Library Journal, Newsweek, Science, Time, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents and The World & I. Additional new content sources and features help to create a powerful curriculum support tool for English Language Arts, Social Studies, and more. For a list of titles by subject area, click here. ERIC®, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. The database contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC. Fuente Academica™ provides PDF full text for more than 330 scholarly publications covering areas of academic study. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide, including Revista de Arquitectura, Estudios Sobre Educacion, Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, Comunicacion y Sociedad, Revista de Ciencia Politica, Revista Historia, and more. For a complete list of titles, click here. GaleGroup (Complete listing) A complete listing of Gale databases offered through the Texas State Library's TexShare Database program. GreenFILE is a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. Handbook of Texas Online Health & Wellness Resource Center Provides a one stop, full-service resource for consumers and health care professionals covering topics both in traditional medicine and alternative and complimentary therapies. It provides a rich collection of books, journals, magazines, pamphlets, and streaming videos. This product offers additional information on alternative topics such as, herbal remedies, yoga, homeopathy, midwifery, chiropractic and more. Health Reference Center Academic Multi-source database that provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. Integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical interviews; and key reference books. This full text database covers topics such as AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, women's health, etc. Additionally, Health Source: Consumer Edition contains more than 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish); Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names; and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. For a complete list of titles, click here. Health Source: Nursing / Academic This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more. In addition, this database includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. For a complete list of titles, click here. HeritageQuest Info
Trac Custom Newspapers JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically of 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. For more information about JSTOR collections, please visit Currently Available Collections and Journals. Containing full text for more than 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals, this database is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. The Legal Collection offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more. Full text contained in this database includes: American Journal of Criminal Law, California Law Review and many more. For a complete list of titles, click here. The most comprehensive and current online database on authors and their works, the Literature Resource Center provides full-text literature criticism, biographies, bibliographies, and work overviews covering authors from every genre, time period and discipline. The Literature Resource Center covers more than 130,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers such as philosophers, filmmakers, and anthropologists. For a complete listing of available journals, click here.
Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,730 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, 85,639 biographies, 104,481 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 276,132 photos, maps & flags. For a complete list of titles, click here. This Spanish language database contains the complete table of contents and PDF full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish. A wide range of topics are covered including neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology. Titles include Revista Medica del IMSS, Revista Mexicana de Patologia Clinica, Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Archivos de Neurociencias, Revista Biomedica, Veterinaria Mexico, Salud Publica de Mexico, ACIMED, and more. For a complete list of titles, click here. 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, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. Military & Government Collection The Military & Government Collection™ provides full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals. The database also includes full text for 245 pamphlets and offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. Additionally, many full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. For a complete title list, click here. Online journal of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. NASPA is the "leading voice for student affairs administration, policy, and practice and affirms the commitment of student affairs to educating the whole student and integrating student life and learning." Natural & Alternative Treatments Natural & Alternative Treatments is updated weekly and contains more than 700 evidence-based articles covering medical conditions, alternative therapies, herbs and supplements, functional foods, drug interactions, and homeopathy. The articles contained in the database are based on double-blind, placebo-controlled studies and other forms of meaningful scientific evidence. The evidence-based content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists with the goal of providing consumers with reliable information. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. This search engine searches a selection of websites that contain information about current issues and argumentative topics that might be useful for Government, Speech, and English classes at NCTC. NetLibrary E-books Newspaper Source™ provides cover-to-cover full text for 28 national (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selected full text for more than 260 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from ABC, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc. For a complete list of titles, click here. Provides full-text access, including all graphics, tables, figures and photographs to a variety of professional nursing journals. Professional
Development Collection Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Comprehensive database with over 500 full text titles covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. For a complete list of titles, click here. Regional Business News provides full text for more than 50 regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). For a complete title list, click here. Religion
and Philosophy Collection Salud en Español is the Spanish-language version of EBSCOs Comsumer Health Complete. Science & Technology Collection The Science & Technology Collection™ contains over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science. For a complete list of titles, click here. Gain access to more than 2,400 original and detailed biographical and critical essays on the lives and works of approximately 1,750 important authors from around the world. Researchers can go directly to an entry on a specific author, combine search criteria for a more complex search, or explore thematic and chronological topics to make connections among writers. This database provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. This invaluable resource is made available via EBSCOhost®. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry. An electronic medical library that enables users to cross-search more than 35 medical resources such as Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Mosby's Drug Consult®, the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult and more! Through its licenses with different database providers, TexShare offers users access to full-text articles from approximately 17,000 professional, scientific, academic, and medical journals. But because each of the database providers has its own proprietary search engine, sometimes finding a *specific* journal title or topic can be difficult. TDNet solves the problem by providing a searchable list of ALL the journal titles available to TexShare users from all of the different database providers. This list includes the available holdings and an indication if full-text is available, as well as online coverage and embargo period information. This service does not search databases purchased separately from the TexShare family of databases. See a librarian for details. Texas Almanac Texas
Digital Sanborn Maps Links provided by the State of Texas for government information on Texas cities and counties, and information on federal, state, and local governments including courts and the judiciary system, general information, the Governor and the Executive Branch, laws, codes, statutes, registration, voting, elections, state agencies and officials, taxes and taxing authorities, and Texas legislature. Provides links to the websites for many hometown newspapers across the state. Texas Reference Center is a Texas-specific product designed for school and public libraries. The database is comprised of periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to the state. Texas Reference Center contains 30 full text periodicals, 100 full text reference books, several Texas newspapers, and much more. TOPICsearch The Twayne's Authors series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of nearly 600 books drawn from three print series---United State Authors, World Authors and English Authors. This collection brings together the works and criticisms of nearly 600 English language-poets in a vast and representative collection. Coverage is broken down by British or American authors. Vocational & Career Collection Vocational & Career Collection™ provides full text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry related periodicals. For a complete list of titles, click here. WorldCat World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964. These hand-selected information sources cover a wide range of historical topics including anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, regional issues, and more. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Searchable cited references are also included in this database. For a complete list of titles, click here.
Updated 14 March 2008
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