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CQ Global Researcher and CQ Researcher	CSA Databases
EBSCOhost and EBSCOhost for K-12	FirstSearch Databases For Faculty, Staff, & Graduate Students ONLY
Google Scholar *Directions for getting full text articles*	InfoTrac Databases
Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) and Kentuckiana Digital Library	LexisNexis Databases
Literature Online: Search collections individually or together. Search MLA Int'l Bibliography alone.	MarciveWeb Lists Federal government document series selected by WKU.
MEDLINE available in EBSCOhost, PubMed, & HighWire	Naxos Music Library
Newsbank Newspapers Includes many newspapers from Kentucky.	ProQuest Databases
WilsonWeb Databases	WorldCat (Professional Version) Listings from libraries worldwide.
*TDnet (E-Journals)* such as Project Muse JSTOR ACS Web Cambridge Journals Online DOAJ HighWire Ingenta IOPScience ScienceDirect SpringerLink WILEY InterScience	*E-books* such as ACLS Humanities E-Books Grolier Encyclopedias Knovel NetLibrary World Almanac Oxford Reference Online Pan American Health Org E-Books

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ABI/Inform (ProQuest)	Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
LexisNexis Academic	Accounting Database (LN Academic)
Accounting & Tax with Standards (ProQuest)	ACLS Humanities E-Books
ACM Digital Library	ACS Web
African American Experience-{Info}	AGRICOLA Available from EBSCOhost & Nat'l Ag Library
Alt Press Index (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)	Alt-Press Watch
ALR: American Law Reports (West)	America: History and Life (EBSCOhost)
American Jurisprudence Law Encyclopedia (West)	American Marketplace (LexisNexis)
Applied Science and Technology Index (WilsonWeb)	ArticleFirst (FirstSearch—Available to Faculty, Staff, & Graduate Students ONLY)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
Annual Reviews Online Anthropology Astronomy & Astrophysics Biochemistry Biophysics/Biomolecular Structure Cell & Developmental Biology Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology and Systematics Entomology Environment and Resources Genetics	Immunology Microbiology Neuroscience Physiology Phytopathology Plant Biology Political Science Public Health Psychology Sociology
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Biblical Archaeology Society Archive	Bio Digest (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (InfoTrac)	Biographical Info (LexisNexis People)
BIOSIS Previews	Booklist Online
Books in Print (Bowker)	Business Dateline (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
Business Directories (LexisNexis Academic)	Business Industry (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
Business Management (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)	Business Organizations (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
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CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)	Cambridge Journals Online
Career & Technical Ed. (ProQuest)	U.S. Census Bureau
CHECKPOINT—Requires Username & Password. Ask at Reference Desk.	CHID Online (Combined Health Information Database)
Children's Core Collection (WilsonWeb)	Choice Reviews Online
CINAHL Full Text (EBSCOhost)	Clase & Periodica (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
Classification Web (Library of Congress)	ComAbstracts
Company Dossier(LexisNexis)	Company Profiles(LexisNexis)
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography	LexisNexis Congressional
Contemporary Women's issues (LexisNexis)	Country Profiles (LexisNexis)
Country Studies	Current Law Journal Content
CQ Researcher & CQ Global Researcher
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Dance In Video (Alexander St. Press)	Dissertations and Theses FullText (ProQuest)
Directory of Open-Access Journals (DOAJ)	Disclosure Reports (LexisNexis)
EBSCOhost Databases	EBSCOhost databases for K-12
EBSCOhost in other languages	EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost K-12)
Economic Literature (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)	EDGAR Securities & Exchange Filings —Available from the Securities & Exchange Commission or from LexisNexis Academic
Education Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
EJS: Electronic Journal Service	Univ KY Electronic Theses & Dissertations
Emerald Management Xtra	Encyclopedia Americana (Grolier)
Encyclopedia of Social Work	ERIC—Available in EBSCOhost and CSA
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Facts on File News Digest (FACTS.com)	Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCOhost)
Family Index Database	FindArticles
FirstGov	FirstSearch Databases for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY
The Foundation Directory Online —Only available in Helm Library	Foundation Grants to Individuals Online —Only available in Helm Library
Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost K-12)	Gallup Poll News Service & Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing (LexisNexis Academic)
GEOBIB Online Geographical Bibliography	GEOBASE (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
GeoScienceWorld —Includes E-Journals and GeoRef	Global Newsbank (Newsbank Newspapers)
Google Scholar— *Directions for getting full text articles*	LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index
GPO Monthly Catalog —See MarciveWeb DOCS	Graphic Novel Collection (WilsonWeb)
GreenFile (EBSCOhost)	Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Grolier Online Encyclopedias
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Health Source Consumer (EBSCOhost)	HighWire
Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost)	History Cooperative
ACLS Humanities E-Books	HLAS: Hanbook of Latin American Studies
Hoover's Company & Industry Reports (LexisNexis)	The Horn Book Guide Online-{Info}
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library	Index to American Botanical Literature Info
InfoTrac Databases	IngentaConnect
Int'l Abstracts of Human Resources	Int'l Bibliography of Theatre & Dance FullText (EBSCOhost)
Int'l Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry & Technology (Knovel)	Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
IOPScience (Institute of Physics)	ISI Emerging Markets-{Info}
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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Journalism and Mass Communication Abstracts	JSTOR
Kentucky Adult Education or Combined KY Adult Ed. & LINCS	Kentucky Encyclopedia (Log on via the Kentucky Virtual Library)
Kentucky Labor & Employment Laws	Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) Gateway and Kentuckiana Digital Library (KYVL)
Kirkus Reviews-{Info}	Knovel Critical Tables
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Lexi-Comp ONLINE for dentistry	Lexi-PAL Drug Guide (EBSCOhost) —Available in Health Source Consumer
Lexington Herald-Leader (Newsbank)	LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Congressional	LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index
LexisNexis Statistical	Library, Info Science, & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
Library Literature & Info Science Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Library of Congress Classification Web
LINCS or Combined KY Adult Ed. & LINCS	Literary Index
Literature Online —Search Lit collections individually OR together	Los Angeles Times 1881-1986 (ProQuest)
London Times Digital Archive (InfoTrac)
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MLA International Bibliography —Search MLA by itself or combine with Literature Online	MarciveWeb DOCS
Marquis Who's Who Databases	MAS FullTEXT Ultra (EBSCOhost K-12)
Masterfile Premier (EBSCOhost)	MathSciNet
Mediamark Reporter (MRI+)	MEDLINE —Available in EBSCOhost, PubMed, & HighWire
Medline Plus: Consumer Health Information-{Info}	Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost)
Mergent Online	Middle & Junior High Core Collection (WilsonWeb)
Middle Search Plus (EBSCOhost K-12)	Morningstar —Requires Username & Password. Ask at Reference Desk.
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NAICS-SIC Directory (LexisNexis)	National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect Information
Nature Online (Nature Publishing Group)	Naxos Music Library
NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service	NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
NetLibrary	News Abs (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
Newsbank—America's Newspapers	Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost)
New York Times 1851-2004 (ProQuest)	New Book of Knowledge (Grolier)
19th Century British Pamphlets (JSTOR)	NLM Gateway (N'l Library of Medicine)
NoveList and Novelist K-8 (EBSCO)	Occupational Outlook Handbook
Online Geographical Bibliog (GEOBIB)	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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p4A Antiques (Prices For Antiques)	PapersFirst (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
Per Abs (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)	People Database Biographical Information (LexisNexis)
Philosopher's Index (EBSCOhost)	PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress (CSA)
Play Index (WilsonWeb)	Primary Search (EBSCOhost K-12)
Proceedings (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)	Project Muse
ProQuest Databases	ProQuest Accounting & Tax with Standards
PsycInfo (EBSCOhost)	PubMed (Version of MEDLINE) —Available in EBSCOhost, PubMed, and HighWire
PubMed Central—Full-Text E-Journals from the National Library of Medicine	Public Administration Abstracts (EBSCO)
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Race Relations Abstracts (EBSCOhost)	RAND Abstracts
RCLweb (Resources for College Libraries)Info	Regional Business news (EBSCOhost)
Standard & Poor's Research Insight —Not an online database; only available on selected computers	RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCOhost)
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Scholarly Society Serial Publications	ScienceDirect
Science (Magazine) Online (AAAS)	Securities & Exchange Filings (EDGAR) —Available from the Securities & Exchange Commission or from LexisNexis Academic
Senior High Core Collection (WilsonWeb)	SciFinder Scholar —Not an online database; only available on selected computers
Sears List of Subject Headings	SIC-NAICSDirectory (LexisNexis)
SIRS Researcher (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)	Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data Systems (ADS) Journal Query Page-{Info}
Social Services Abstracts (CSA)	Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Sociological Collection (EBSCOhost)	Sport Discus (EBSCOhost)
SpringerLink Journals	Standard & Poor's Research Insight —Not an online database; only available on selected computers
S&P Corporate Descriptions +Daily News (LexisNexis)	STAT-USA/Internet
Statistical Universe—LexisNexis Statistical
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Tales Online	TeachingBooks.net
Teacher Reference Center (EBSCOhost)	TEST Transfer Evaluation System —Requires Username & Password. Ask at Reference Desk.
Testing & Education Reference Center (InfoTrac)	Tests in Print (EBSCOhost)
Times (London) Digital Archive (InfoTrac)	TOPICsearch (EBSCOhost K-12)
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Ulrichsweb.com	University of Kentucky Electronic Theses and Dissertations
U.S. Census Bureau	ValueLine —Requires Username & Password. Ask at Reference Desk.
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
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Walden Country Reports (LexisNexis Academic)	Wall Street Journal Full Text Available in ProQuest ABI/Inform Global
Who's Who Databases (Marquis)	WILEY InterScience
Wilson Children's Core Collection Children's Core Graphic Novels Core Middle and Junior High Core Senior High Core	Wilson Education Full Text (WilsonWeb)
WilsonSelect Plus (FirstSearch—Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)	WilsonWeb Databases
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 Info	World Almanac (LexisNexis)
WorldCat (Professional Version	WorldScope International Company Profiles (LexisNexis)
Zacks Equity Research (LexisNexis)	Link to Zacks free Website

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