Online Databases

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Academic Search Premier
Academic, news, popular, and trade publications covering all topics from 1975 - present.

Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.

AP Images
Associated Press images, and other news items.

ArchiveGrid (On campus access only)
Search historic documents housed around the world

ArticleFirst
General subject database with 12,000+ publications covering all topics. 1990 -present.

Britannica Online
Complete encyclopedia plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year and Internet directory.

Business Source Premier
Covers topics such as business, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting, and other types of articles.

CAMIO – Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
Licensed images from art museums around the world

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
More than 500,000 records to

Chicago Tribune
Include international, national, Chicago regional and local news. Paid advertisements are not included. 1985 - present.

CINAHL Fulltext (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
More complete coverage nursing, allied health and health sciences journals from 1982 - present.

Clase and Periodica
Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English language documents, published in Latin America and specializing in the sciences and technology.

College Catalogs Online
Over 14,000 two-year, four-year, graduate, and professional schools college catalogs in original page formats. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view catalogs.

Consumer Health Complete
Health information intended for non-professionals

CQ Researcher
Congressional Quarterly publishes 44 reports a year on single topics covering them in depth.

Criminal Justice Periodical Index
Criminal justice and law-related journals. 1986 - present.

ECO
A collection of scholarly journals covering all topics.1995 to present.

ERIC (EBSCO Version)
Useful for education, psychology, and child development. 1966 - present. Additional journal fulltext journal titles. (MVCC ID required from off campus)

ERIC (Free Online Version)
Education database for k-12 and higher education, plus related information on psychology and learning (No MVCC ID needed to access from off campus)

Expanded Academic ASAP
Academic, news, popular, and trade publications covering all topics from 1980 - present.

Find-it! Illinois
Access significant current and historic government documents, both state and local, as well as connect to libraries, schools, community colleges, and universities in Illinois.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of topics.

GPO Access
Free electronic access to information products produced by the federal government. *No password required at any time.*

GPO Monthly Catalog
Covers all types of government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and judiciary materials; judicial materials; and documents issued by executive departments. 1976-present.

GreenFILE
Focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment, global warming, recycling, alternate fuel & beyond.

Grove Art Online
Search for works of art, artists, and art movements

Harpweek
Full-text articles and images from Harper's Weekly, the 19th century "Journal of Civilization."Covers the Civil War and Reconstruction periods of American history. 1857-1889.

Health Reference Center Academic
Includes nursing and health journals, medical pamphlets, topical overviews, and reference books. Four years ago – present.

Health Source: Consumer Edition
Full text for 180+ health periodicals, 1100+ health pamphlets, and 20 health reference books, including a medical dictionary.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Nearly 580 scholarly full-text, health and medical journals and 600+ abstracted and indexed journals. Some journals are covered 1966-present.

History Study Center
Primary and secondary documents for history research.

Learning Express Library
Practice tests and tutorial course series for subjects like TOEFL, nursing, math, reading, and MANY other areas

Library and Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Covers librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management

Literary Index to Gale Publications
Index to literary criticism books. Our library owns many, but not all, of the books indexed.

Literature Online (LION)
A fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose.

MAS Ultra - School Edition
Intended for high school and middle school students. Useful for education majors and individuals gaining reading skills.

MasterFILE Premier
General information from reference books, periodicals, images, and other sources.

MEDLINE
Created by the National Library of Medicine. Includes clinical medicine, nutrition, dentistry, pathology, education, psychiatry, experimental, medicine, toxicology, health services, administration, veterinary, medicine, and nursing. 1966 – present.

Medline Plus
Authoritative info from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

Military & Government Collection
Full text from 320+ military and general interest publications. Updated weekly.

MLA International Bibliography
The Modern Language Association's online tool to scholarly research in literature, writing, and language.

New York Times
Full-text articles from the newspaper 1995-present. Community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.

Newspaper Source
Coverage from 174 newspapers and sources, including broadcasts of news programs such as Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, CNN®, and CNBC.

NoveList K-8
Young adult, children's and easy titles designed for children in pre-K, elementary or middle schools

NoveList Plus
Includes fiction and nonfiction

OAIster
Open Archives Initiative open resource to digital archival materials around the world

Oxford English Dictionary
Current meaning of a word plus its development through time. Most complete and authoritative English-language dictionary.

Primary Search
Articles from 50 children's magazines and other reference sources.

Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

Pub Med
17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s.

Regional Business News
Includes 75 regional business publications.

Sanborn Insurance Maps 1867 to 1970 (Illinois)
Illinois maps that chart the growth of villages, towns, and cities from 1867 - 1970.

Saskia Art Images Collection
Digital images of art works

SIRS Researcher
Contains thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.

Vocational Biographies (on campus only)
Information on careers and jobs

World Almanac
Includes facts, encyclopedia entries, biographies, statistics, and demographics. 1998 – present.