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Gale is pleased to
welcome the Illinois State Library. Please browse the brief descriptions below and access the
database you're interested in by clicking on the Database link.
Or go directly to the database you wish to access by clicking
on the product title at the left.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and
specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These
reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you
can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each
library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if
you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public
library, or your office).
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Gale PowerSearch
Thomson Gale's new Power Search interface allows you to search all databases at the same time or to
select the databases you would like to search. This powerful interface allows your patrons to find
the information they are looking for quickly, without having to perform multiple searches.
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Biography Resource Center
This database
combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale sources.
Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from
hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on name or more facts
such as birth and death year, birth and death place, nationality,
ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly
targeted custom search. Biography Resource Center also offers the
options of searching by full text, keyword, source and magazine article
date. With the Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on
nearly one million people.
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Business and Company Resource Center
This is a fully integrated database that brings together company profiles, brand
information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies
and periodicals. Predicasts' PROMT, Newsletters ASAP and Thomson
Financial's Investext Plus databases can be integrated into this database.
Search here to find detailed company and industry news and
information.
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ChiltonLibrary.com
ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information
available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations
covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage
of specialty models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair
virtually any system on your vehicle.
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Consulta
This database provides a comprehensive collection of Spanish-language
materials, including award-winning reference material from both Gale and
Oceano, a wide range of magazines and journals, plus essential primary
source documents. In addition to standard and advanced search methodologies
and a dictionary function, Consulta provides a graphical chronological
timeline to simplify research of specific eras, plus an extensive image
gallery.
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Discovering Collection
Thousands of
overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, timelines and multimedia
elements comprise the new Discovering Collection, a completely
original, comprehensive online resource. The database's intuitive
interface and easy-to-navigate functionality make it effortless for
students to research papers and class assignments in five core subject
areas: history, literature, biography, science and social studies.
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General Reference Center Gold
This
resource center integrates a vast array of key business and general
interest titles to fully answer your patrons' reference questions -- all
in a single database. From national news magazines and encyclopedias to
core business journals, General Reference Center GoldTM
has the full-text and image resources students and researchers need.
Available 24 hours a day via the Internet, this comprehensive reference
database quickly delivers the answers to a wide variety of reference
questions both at the library or from remote sites. And InfoTrac®'s
powerful, intuitive interface makes it easy for users to search all of
these different sources in one seamless process.
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Health & Wellness Resource Center
Use the
Health and Wellness Resource Center to find magazines, journals,
newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: fitness,
pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational
health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, herbal
remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Included are
links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government
databases. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for
informational purposes only.
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History Resource Center: U.S.
The History Resource Center: U.S.
provides integrated access to more than 1,000 historical (primary)
documents, more than 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text
journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history
from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes access
to the citations for more than 180 additional history journals from the
Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation
Index.
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History Resource Center: Modern World
This
database draws on themes and trends from the history curriculum for the
20th Century, and integrates reference sources from the Gale Group,
Macmillan Reference USA and Charles Scribner's Sons, along with full-text
articles from more than 100 academic journals, and maps and images.
Full-text and facsimile images for more than 1,400 primary source
documents are also included.
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¡Informe!
Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool provides indexing, images, and full
text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely
designed for Spanish-speaking users.
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Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in
Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate,
visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and
full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and
reference content for information on current events, the arts, science,
health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Literature Resource Center
Literature
Resource Center offers biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses
of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.
Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than
1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print
series. Twayne's World, US, and English Authors each contain the full text
of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World,
US or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text
titles.
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LitFinder
LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and
includes more than 125,000 full-text poems, 850,00 poem citations and
excerpts, and thousands of full-text short stories, essays, speeches,
and 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, worktitle, nationality, gender, timeline, and more. An
abridged K-12 edition contains only the full-text poems and is sold as
PoemFinder for Schools. LitFinder for Schools is also available; this
includes the full-text poetry as well as full-text short stories, essays,
plays, and speeches. LitFinder, LitFinder for Schools, and PoemFinder
for Schools are all sold on an annual subscription basis, with pricing
based on concurrent users.
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking supplements Gale's Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center additional content and features that correlate with today's curriculum. Learners interact with entries and are asked to think critically about a specific topic. The content is comprised of reference and periodical resources and covers broad topics such as "school violence" or "acid rain". Each topic has three entries: an overview and two viewpoint essays. Entries also are available in audio format. All of the content is correlated with national and state standards.
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Science Resource Center
Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science Resource Center,
thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations
are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in
articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use
tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.
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The Shakespeare Collection
A global, online environment for scholarly research -- offers enriched functionality
and entirely new possibilities for the study of Shakespeare and his works. Quite simply,
The Shakespeare Collection is the subject's most comprehensive and authoritative online
resource, bringing together general reference data, full-text scholarly periodicals,
reprinted criticism, primary source material and the full-text annotated works from
The Arden Shakespeare, the world's most recognized scholarly edition.
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Student Resource Center - Gold
Student Resource Center Gold
is a fully integrated database containing
thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical
essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of
more than 1,000 magazines, newspapers, more than 20,000 photographs and
illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Includes
Student Resource Center-Health Module.
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Student Resource Center - Junior
Provide the content and context students need to
develop and strengthen critical thinking skills with Student Resource
Center Junior. Students and educators will find award-winning content
based on national curriculum standards featuring original reference
material, a massive archive of primary source documents and periodicals
and newspapers that are updated daily.
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Testing & Education Reference Center
Gale
and Peterson's have come together to bring you Testing & Education
Reference Center. This valuable resource helps users prepare for higher
education and the work world. Testing & Education Reference Center
helps prepare students for specialized tests for college, graduate school,
the military or trade school. The database can also assist you in writing
admission's applications essays or resumes. Testing & Education
Reference Center provides a variety of search options such as College
Search, Graduate Search, Specialty & Career Program and Test
Preparation to help you find all the information you need on private high
schools, distance education, two-year programs, undergraduate and graduate
programs and executive education programs.
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The Times Digital Archive
Presents access to one of the most highly regarded resources for the study of 19th-
and 20th-century history, offering an unparalleled opportunity to search and view
online the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world in its original published context.
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Webfeet
Web Feet is a comprehensive subject guide to the best free resources available
on the Internet. It is not a search engine, but collections of preselected,
annotated, and cataloged Web sites reviewed by librarians, subject experts,
educators, and editors.
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