Academic Onefile
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed,full-text articles from the world's leading
journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical
sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology,
literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and
comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML
full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate
information quickly.
In addition to all of the traditional services
available through InfoTrac, Gale is proud to announce a number of new
services offered through collaboration with Thomson Scientific/ISI. Mutual
subscribers of Academic OneFile and Thomson Scientific's Web of
Science® and Journal Citation Reports® and will be provided
seamless access to cited references, digital object identifier (DOI) links,
and additional article-level metadata, as well as to current and historical
information on a selected journal's impact factor. Further, Thomson Scientific
customers will be able to pull the full-text of an article right from their
InfoTrac subscription. This close collaboration will allow for fully
integrated and seamless access to the best in academic, full-text content and
the indexing around it. Academic OneFile also includes a linking
arrangement with JSTOR for archival access to a number of periodicals, as well
as full OpenURL compliance for e-journal and subscription access.
Academic OneFile
features a fully updated,
intuitive interface -- providing multiple pathways to key information.
Featuring the latest technology available on the groundbreaking PowerSearch® platform,
this essential resource is versatile and easy to use.
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Computer Database
For researchers who need to keep pace with the fast changing world of high
technology, Computer Database is their Internet- accessible reference
solution. With Computer Database, library users can access today's most
well-read and influential periodicals on the computer, telecommunications and
electronics industries -- all in one seamless search.
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This award-winning, full-text Canadian electronic reference combines
reliable information with the convenience, comprehensiveness and speed of an
electronic database. CPI.Q, the electronic version of the Canadian
Periodical Index, provides the most-requested Canadian reference
information available.
Useful to libraries, professionals, researchers, government institutions
and organizations, it contains a wealth of Canadian and international
periodicals — including Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail;
Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and encyclopedic reference
materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian
Newsmakers.
Designed to meet the needs of researchers at all levels, this vast
collection of periodical information is fully integrated, enabling users to
search the entire database with a single query. It yields a variety of
relevant periodical articles, biographies, company profiles, historical
documents, science and technology essays, and much more.
Over and over again, users turn to CPI.Q for:
- Indexing of nearly 700 Canadian periodicals (English and French) with
full-text articles from 240 Canadian periodicals
- A bilingual interface (English and French)
- Current periodical articles integrated with Canadian biographies,
company profiles, historical information and many other types of information
- Coverage of a broad range of subjects related to Canada
- Indexing from 1988 to present
- Full-text articles from 1995 to present
- And much more
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Discovering Collection
Discovering Collection helps make that connection with content
and key resources culled from Discovering Program titles Discovering
Authors, U.S. History, Science and Biography, and the entire
contents of U·X·L material from the Junior Reference Collection.
Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, timelines
and multimedia elements comprise the Discovering Collection
comprehensive online reference 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.
The Discovering Collection helps students make the connection
with:
- Integrated, cross-curricular content
- Student-friendly interface
- More than 45,000 biographies, criticisms, essays and overviews
- 21,000 Timeline Events
- 24-hour Web Access from school and home
Databases included in the
Discovering Collection:
- American Eras
- Discovering® Authors
- Discovering® Biography
- Discovering® Science
- Discovering® US History
- Discovering® World History
- Discovering® Multicultural America
- EXPLORING Novels
- EXPLORING Short Stories
- EXPLORING Poetry
- EXPLORING Shakespeare
- Gale Encyclopedia of Science
- Jr. Worldmark Encyclopedia of Canadian Provinces
- Jr. Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations
- Jr. Worldmark Encyclopedia of States
- Jr. Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
- Newsmakers
- Presidential Administration Profiles for Students
- U·X·L® Biographies
- U·X·L® Encyclopedia of Science
- U·X·L® Jr. Discovering Authors
- U·X·L® Multicultural
- U·X·L® Science
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of States
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures
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Expanded Academic
ASAP
A premier database for
research in all the academic disciplines! Unparalleled in its depth and scope,
this premier database offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration
-- from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. Combining
indexing, abstracts, full text and images, Expanded Academic ASAP™
delivers answers for both the novice and the experienced researcher -- all in
one seamless search. Subscribe to this comprehensive resource through
InfoTrac®Web and your library gains 24-hour, remote access to the right
academic sources through your preferred interface with the right technical
configuration for your needs.
The scope and depth of
coverage in Expanded Academic ASAP™ will satisfy the broad spectrum of
students, faculty and graduate researchers who depend on your library for
answers every day. Balanced coverage is available through 5,555 indexed and
2,182 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social
science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national
news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and
many others. There are 2,060 refereed journals,
and 20 years of backfile coverage are included with your subscription.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
The 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).
The Gale Virtual
Reference Library opens reference collections in a new way to libraries, patrons
and students with the following:
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24/7 remote access
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No Checkout requirements
or turnaways, multi-volume sets are always available
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Circulation of reference
content
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Expanding selection of
titles, add titles to your collection at your own pace
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Cross searching
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No Need for special
hardware or an online reader
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Shelf space-savings
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Back-up for print
resources
Flexible and easy to
browse, The Gale Virtual Reference Library offers:
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About this book (a
description and cover photo)
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Illustration
list
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eBook Indexes
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eBook table of content
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In-line
graphics and tables
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Hyperlinks
to related content within an eBook
Choose your content from
a continuously growing content list. Develop your e-reference collection at our
own pace based on your users’ needs and usage patterns. Gale will
manage your collection, showing patrons only the eBooks you have purchased.
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General Reference Center Gold
General Reference Center™ provides 24-hour access to
an integrated set of general interest sources: magazines, newspaper articles,
children's magazines, almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference books
and more. With more than 500 full-text titles specifically selected for public
libraries, you won't have any frustrated off-site users complaining about
access. Because your researchers need complete answers to general reference
question -- anytime, anywhere -- there's General Reference Center™. A
20-year backfile is integrated and included with your subscription. And with
InfoTrac's linking between source types, it's easy for users to find
comprehensive answers in one seamless, self-directed search process.
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Health & Wellness
Resource Center
Available 24 hours a day via the Internet, Health & Wellness Resource
Center's Alternate Health Module provides a one stop, full-service resource
for alternative and complimentary therapies. It provides a rich collection of
books, journals, magazines and pamphlets for consumers and health care
professionals.
This module displays
additional information on alternative topics such as, herbal remedies, yoga,
homeopathy, midwifery, chiropractic and more. This module is a nice compliment
to Health & Wellness
Resource Center.
Some of the references
included in this module are:
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Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
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PDR for Herbal Medicines
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PDR Family Guide to Natural Medicines and Healing
Therapies
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Expanded Commission E Monographs
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Information Sourcebook
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Alternative & Complementary Therapies
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Alternative Health Practitioner
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Alternative Medicine Review
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Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
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British Homeopathic Journal
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Complementary Therapies in Medicine
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Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
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Herbal Medicine: From the Heart of the Earth
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Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies
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Journal of Chinese Medicine
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Journal of Manipulative and Physiological
Therapeutics
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Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy
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Lawrence Review of Natural Products
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Massage Therapy Journal
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Midwifery Today
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Planta Medica
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Spectrum
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Topics in Clinical Chiropractic
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Vegetarian Voice
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InfoTrac
Junior Edition
Designed for junior
high and middle school students, InfoTrac® Junior Edition features the
titles most critical to their libraries and curriculum. With Junior Edition's
diverse perspectives and strong full-text coverage, students will find the
answers they need to all their general reference questions -- without lining up
at your desk or waiting for titles out on loan. InfoTrac Junior Edition
provides indexing and abstracts of 215 journals with 201 full text titles.
Additionally, the database includes full text newspaper articles from the
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, 300+ full color maps, and the following full
text reference books:
- Merriam-Webster’s
Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition
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The
Reader’s Companion to American History
- The
Columbia
Encyclopedia
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General OneFile
This single electronic resource provides instant access to an
unprecedented number of periodicals. Users rely on General OneFile for instant access to periodical and news content and indexing from a
variety of mainstream and specialized sources -- from The New York Times to
refereed academic journals.
For researchers at all levels, periodical and news information is now
available in one user-friendly electronic resource. General OneFile includes more than 6,000 full-text titles; more than 3,000 refered journals;
five newspaper indexes -- a total of nearly 10,200 titles in all with more
than 25 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present; Gale
support and training; and much more. General OneFile puts
approximately 50 million database records at your users' fingertips with a
single search query. It includes:
- Newswires -- 89 wire services covering agriculture, general
news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry
topics, sports and current events from all over the world
- Newspapers -- Full indexing of The New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science
Monitor
- Periodicals -- General interest magazines; refereed academic
journals; business publications; technology periodicals; plus specialty
titles in law, health care and computers
General OneFile
features a fully updated, intuitive interface --
providing multiple pathways to key information. Its browser style format
enables users to browse the latest news, review a set of subject areas,
review and select a particular resource, or search across the entire
database. With its time-tested InfoTrac search functionality, this essential
resource is versatile and easy to use.
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Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits
includes curriculum support references from Blackbirch Press, nearly 120
full-text age appropriate magazines and 2 newswires. Kids InfoBits is jam-packed
with eye popping graphs, charts, maps and more than 3,000 searchable images.
Kids InfoBits
targets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It
features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface, a
subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate,
curriculum-related magazine and reference content.
Kids InfoBits
features:
- A
drilldown subject topic tree for users who need helping identifying a
particular topic
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Full-text proprietary reference content from Blackbirch Press that supports
the K-5 curriculum
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Nearly 120 full-text, age appropriate magazines
- Over
3,000 searchable, indexed images
- A
5-year backfile that offers relevant and manageable results lists
Reference content in
Kids InfoBits includes:
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Kidbits, 2nd
Ed. (Blackbirch Press)
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The Blackbirch Encyclopedia of Science and Invention
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The Blackbirch Kid's Almanac of Geography
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The Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World
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The Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the States
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The Columbia Encyclopedia,
6th Edition
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Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary
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Military and Intelligence Database
The Military and Intelligence Database periodical list has been
hand-selected by Gale editors to meet the content needs of libraries serving
military personnel. Additionally, the product includes some basic reference
materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
and The World Almanac and Book of Facts. With more than 500 titles
and more than 7 million articles (80% full-text), searchers are sure to find
answers to their reference questions. And InfoTrac®'s powerful,
intuitive interface makes it easy for users to mark, print, and e-mail
results.
Military and Intelligence Database features hyperlinks between and
even within sources, providing point-and-click navigation to related topics
and articles. For instance, you can click on highlighted works within a
full-text article from The Columbia Encyclopedia and go right to
related articles within the encyclopedia. Many articles also provide links to
related sources outside of the current article: reference books, magazine and
newswire articles.
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National Newspaper Index
National Newspaper Index™ gives you quick access to the indexing of America's top
five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times (Late and National
Editions); The Wall Street Journal (Eastern and Western Editions); The Christian
Science Monitor (National Edition); The Washington Post (Final Edition); and The
Los Angeles Times (Home Edition).
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Gale LegalTrac
LegalTrac
is a database
that is designed to meet the needs of students, law
school faculty, and legal researchers. LegalTrac provides indexing for 1,427 of
the most highly regarded legal publications, 123 of which are full text. These
include major law reviews, legal newspapers, law specialty publications, bar
association journals, and international legal journals. Each title is selected
on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the
American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac also contains law-related
articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.
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Gale
PowerSearch
Gale PowerSearch provides a
sophisticated, yet simple, solution for managing a wealth of periodical,
reference and primary source information - nearly 80 million documents, in
fact - utilizing a single system.
When a search is conducted, Gale PowerSearch simplifies
navigation with a "breadcrumb trail" that shows the path the search has taken,
letting the user easily return to a previous step. Any page can be quickly
accessed using tabs found on the navigation bar directly below the title
banner. Helpful toolbar buttons, such as Dictionary and Title Lists, are
available at the top of every page. Users also have the option of choosing any
of four different search paths - Basic, Subject, Publication and Advanced
Search.
Gale PowerSearch features:
Tabbed results for easy clarification
Citation generation in multiple formats
Subject-assisted search option
Custom product building for more tailored
structure
Browseable indexes through advanced search
Automatic translation of content and
interface into multiple languages
Gale PowerSearch helps users
select the databases most appropriate to include in a cross-search by
providing an alphabetical listing of databases along with a description of
each one. Users search with the method that's easiest for them - by entering
keywords, using pre-defined subject terms or constructing complex search
queries using Boolean logic. Below the search term field, users will find a
list of Gale databases so they can simply select one or more
databases, or All Databases to include all the available collections. The
database from which each document is found appears as part of the search
results.
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eCollections
InfoTrac Communication & Media eCollection
From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in
linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information
from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field.
Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and
writing, linguistics, and many more.
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InfoTrac Computer Database
Reference eCollection
Access 628 of today's most well-read and influential periodicals on the
computer, telecommunications, electronics and other high-technology
industries-all in one seamless search.
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InfoTrac Criminal Justice eCollection
Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or
for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users
will have access to 150 journals.
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InfoTrac Diversity Studies eCollection
A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this
collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our
global community. This set includes 150 journals.
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InfoTrac Educators eCollection
Perfect for educating future teachers and administrators, this set covers the
latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs as
well as background information on child health and development. Included in this
set are 250 journals.
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InfoTrac Environmental Issues & Policy eCollection
Providing robust coverage of the field of environmental issues and policy, this
collection, which includes nearly 200 journals, provides instant access to the
multiple viewpoints of this volatile field of study, including perspectives from
the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate
interests.
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InfoTrac Garden, Landscape & Horticulture eCollection
Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their
information appetites sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused
specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of
horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content
relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of
horticulture studies.
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InfoTrac General Science eCollection
Although staying current on the latest scientific developments can be daunting,
this collection aims to provide a researcher with the information to do just
that. Composed of over 200 journals – from highly specialized academic journals
to general science-focused magazine – the InfoTrac General Science Collection
provides coverage of all scientific endeavor, including such topics as particle
physics and quantum theory, advanced mathematics, biotechnology, and many more.
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InfoTrac GLBT Life and Issues eCollection
Gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues impact society on many levels – from
the global and cultural to the individual and personal. This collection of
nearly 40 journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect
of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital
issues, health aspects, and many more.
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InfoTrac Hospitality & Tourism Reference eCollection
With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this
collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current
state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for
focused study of specialized aspects of the industry – including cultural
aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.
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InfoTrac Information Science & Technology eCollection
This collection, comprised of content from nearly 100 leading industry journals,
provides current and accurate information for this fast-moving field.
Information professionals and other knowledge workers – from the research
specialist to the information architect – will find appropriate and useful
information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information
infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.
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InfoTrac Insurance & Liability eCollection
Protection of assets is a concern for all: from the individual property owner to
the multinational corporation, all have a vested interest in ensuring the
retention of their assets, be it physical or intellectual. This collection,
comprised of nearly 40 journals, takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar
industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal
issues, and more.
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InfoTrac Pop Culture eCollection
It's all around us and influences our lives every day. This collection provides
useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or
liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate
full-text periodicals.
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InfoTrac Psychology eCollection
This set explores what makes people "tick" from childhood to death. This
collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind,
emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time. Your
library's users will have instant access to 200 subject-appropriate full-text
periodicals.
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InfoTrac Small Business eCollection
Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides
insights, tips, strategies and success stories. Users will find 250
subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
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InfoTrac Vocation & Careers eCollection
Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an
appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are
all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content
for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this
collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized
industry journals.
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InfoTrac War & Terrorism eCollection
A definitive collection for students of history, social science and current
events. Researchers will gain valuable insight to conflicts and their cause as
well as their impact and how they are perceived on a global scale. References
include 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
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InfoTrac World History eCollection
As any historian will state, the study of history is as much about the present
as the past: to that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both
the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work
being established in the field. This compilation of nearly 40 journals provides
robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian
as well as to the advanced academic researcher.
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