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InfoTrac Databases



InfoTrac Databases Provide:


Special Features and Useful Hints For InfoTrac Web!

Available Databases

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.
Business:
General BusinessFile ASAP provides news and articles on major companies and industries.
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.
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.


How To Access InfoTrac

In Alumnae Library…
In your home…
-Use the Reference computers

-Click "Bookmarks" or "Favorites"

-Click on database title

-Point your browser to 1 of the following:

1) http://ezel.ez.cwmars.org:3600
2) http://www.elms.edu/Departments/library/libframe.htm
3) http://www.elms.edu
        -Click on "Library"

-When prompted, enter:
Your Library Card Number

-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


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Date created:  March 25, 2002  -  Last updated: September 20 , 2008