Information at your fingertips

At Alumnae Library, Elms College
or
From Your Home Computer
InfoTrac Databases
- Magazine articles
- Reference books
- Dictionaries
- Pamphlets
- Health information
- Company profiles
- Literary criticism
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General Interest
and Academic Research |
| Academic OneFile is a resource for peer-reviewed content and includes full-text coverage of NPR, CNN, CBC transcripts, and the New York Times (1995). |
| Biography Resource Center + the Complete Marquis Who's Who provides biographies for individuals spanning a variety of fields. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP provides scholarly content covering arts & humanities, the social science and the general sciences. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. |
| General OneFile provides a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. Coverage: 1980 to present. |
| General Reference Center Gold provides general interest magazine articles, reference book extracts, and citations to newspaper articles. |
| Massachusetts History Online provides full text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers about Massachusetts. |
| New York Times Newspaper (1995 to present) offers full text coverage of the US newspaper of record as well as superb coverage of national and international news. |
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Business: |
| General BusinessFile ASAP provides news and articles on major companies and industries. |
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Education: |
| Educator's Reference Complete provides full text of over 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports for educational research from preschool to college. |
| Junior/Student Editions are databases that provide articles selected for the appropriate age level and includes magazines, reference books and newspaper articles on current events and other topics. |
| Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. |
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Health: |
| Health Reference Center-Academic provides full-text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from the Humanities field. |
History: |
| Massachusetts History Online provides full-text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers about Massachusetts. |
Literature: |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select: provides critical essays and biographical information on contemporary writers. |
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In Alumnae Library
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In your home
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| -Use
the Reference computers -Click "Bookmarks" or "Favorites" -Click on database title |
-Point your browser to 1 of the following: -When prompted, enter: -Click database title -Click "Proceed And begin your search! |
Access to these databases is made possible by the following organizations:
Western Massachusetts
Regional Library System
Http://www.wmrls.org
The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Http://www.mlin.org
And Alumnae Library!
Http://www.elms.edu/Departments/library/libframe.htm