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  • Opposing ViewpointsOpposing Viewpoints Resource Center

    Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources, including selections from Bioethics for Students. The result is a dynamic online library of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center's unique features include Topic Overviews -- frameworks that allow students to explore each topic's many facets -- and exclusive electronic access to Gale's Information Plus reference series of statistics, government data, information on legislation and more.

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    • Nursing Resource Center

      Thomson Gale's Nursing Resource Center is being designed to meet the needs of nursing students at community colleges, universities, and vocational or technical high schools across the United States. Available on Gale's PowerSearch platform, this resource will bring together in one easy-to-use interface important titles from Gale and Macmillan with excellent, thorough nursing-specific texts from Thomson Delmar. Additionally, relevant journal results from top publications in the field and animated depictions of the human anatomy will complement the core reference texts. The Nursing Resource Center provides authoritative information written in accessible language for students completing research papers, class assignments, and those preparing for their clinical experiences as they learn how to care for and treat patients.

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  • Science Resource Center

    Part of Gale's science product line for students, the Science Resource Center is an in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs. 

    The Science Resource Center reflects curriculum trends and focuses on key concepts taught in school classrooms, including:
    Earth Science
    History of Science
    Life Science
    Physical Science
    Science and Technology
    Science as Inquiry
    Space Science
    And much more

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    Small Business Resource Center

    When starting a new business, entrepreneurs need all the help they can get. Access to Small Business Resource Center is like having experts on call 24 hours a day. Created by subject experts and a librarian advisory board and designed for success, nothing has been overlooked.
    Small Business Resource Center     -- perfect for public and academic libraries, chambers of commerce and small business development centers -- covers all major areas of starting and operating a business including financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting and taxes. Startup and established businesses alike can find the answers they're looking for from an easy-to-use interface that includes a "How To" menu that tackles the most-frequently asked new business questions -- including "How to start a small business."
    Whether the aspiring businessperson searches by existing business topics, types, sample business plans or creating their own, search results will be returned quickly and are designed for easy readability and use.
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  • Educator's Reference CompleteEducator's Reference Complete

    This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator -- from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Content included in the database is almost entirely full-text, with the majority of the titles also covered in the ERIC database. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy.

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  • Book Review Index Online Plus.

    Book Review Index Online Plus, like Book Review Index Online , includes more than 5 million review citations; it also includes more than 634,000 full-text reviews from InfoTrac OneFile and InfoTrac Expanded Academic, as well as full text via links to library holdings. Access to full-text reviews allows users to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more.

    History Resource Center: World.

    History Resource Center: World offers students and researchers award-winning reference content, academic and scholarly journals, and thousands of primary sources, images, and maps, integrated into a comprehensive, cross-searchable database.

    Drawing on themes and trends from the current history curriculum and World History textbooks, History Resource Center: World provides coverage of the 20th century.

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  • LitFinder

    LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 126,500 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, 5,000 full-text short stories, 2,800 full-text essays, 1,800 full-text speeches, and 1,000 full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. A subject navigator provides over 10,000 subject headings, and basic and advanced search modes allow users to search by keyword, author, subject, work title, work date, nationality, gender, timeline, and more.

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