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InfoTrac Databases

Information at Your Fingertips

A Guide for Survival in the Information Jungle

Special Features| Available Databases | Organizations

InfoTrac Databases Provide

• Magazine articles
• Reference books
• Dictionaries
• Pamphlets
• Health information
• Company profiles
• Literary criticism

Special Features and Useful Hints For InfoTrac Web

• Follow directions on blue sidebar for printing.
• Full-text articles and citations can be emailed to your own off-campus address.
• Journal citations not owned by the Elms can be submitted to the Interlibrary Loan Department for retrieval (for Elms students only).
• Your search can be limited to articles with full-text.
• Context sensitive HELP screens are available every step of the way.
• A dictionary is built into the software.
• Search words can be truncated with an asterisk (*).

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 sciences, 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 U.S. 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 include 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.

Access Is Made Possible by the Following

Western Massachusetts Regional Library System
http://www.wmrls.org

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
http://www.mlin.org

The Alumnae Library
http://www.elms.edu/library