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Title: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Access: Web: http://www.csa.com
Subject Area: Science
Dates Covered: 1973-present
Full Text: No
Content: CSA abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature summarizes original research material from over 70 databases and many print journals, allowing scientists and researchers to identify articles. Content coverage includes the life sciences, environmental and aquatic sciences, computer sciences, materials science and engineering, aerospace, social sciences, and humanities.
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Title: Christian Science Monitor Index
Access: Web: CSM is indexed in Academic Universe and the Newspaper Source
Print: Index Ref. AI21.C46
Subject Area: Newspapers
Dates Covered: 1988 to present (Academic Universe)
1960 to present (print)
Full Text: Yes
Content: Comprehensive index of all significant articles.
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Title: CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health)
Access: Web: (through FirstSearch)
Subject Area: Nursing
Dates Covered: 1982 to present; abstracts since 1986
Updated weekly
Full Text: Yes
Content: With over 650,000 records from more than 1,175 sources, CINAHL provides articles about nursing, allied health, biomedical, consumer health journals, and publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. It also includes health care books, nursing dissertations, standards of professional practice, nurse practice acts and educational software.
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Title:

ClasePeriodica

Access:

Web:  (through FirstSearch)

Subject Area:

Latin American journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities

Dates Covered:

1975 to present

Full Text:

No

Content:

This database offers access to more than 400,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.

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Title: Classics Image Collection
Access: Web: http://csunx2.bsc.edu/CIC/
Subject Area: Classics
Dates Covered: Includes photographs taken from 1967 to present.
Full Text: Full Image
Content: Contains, primarily, images related to the study of classical history, culture, art, and archaeology taken by Dr. Samuel J. Pezzillo, Professor of Classics at Birmingham-Southern College. The collection includes site views, architectural remains, and museum objects. Searchable by place, type of object, material, etc.
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Title: Clinical Pharmacology
Access: Web:  through EBSCOHost
Subject Area: Health
Dates Covered: Current
Full Text: Yes
Content: Provides >7,000 reports, in every-day language, describing symptoms, treatments, risks and after-effects of a vast array of medical topics and conditions.
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Title: CollegeSource Online
Access: Web:  CollegeSource
Subject Area: College catalogs
Dates Covered: Current
Full Text: Yes
Content: Includes >18,000 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format; includes 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools.
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Title: Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online
Access: Web:  Columbia Granger's
Subject Area: Literature
Dates Covered: N/A
Full Text: Some
Content: Granger's® is the definitive source in English for locating a poem in anthologies on library shelves. First published in 1904, The Columbia Granger's® Index to Poetry is now in its 13th edition.
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Title: Commerce Clearing House
Access: Web:  CCH
Subject Area: Business and Accounting
Dates Covered: Current
Full Text: Yes
Content: Tax and business law information and software for accounting, legal, human resources, securities, insurance, health care and small business professionals.
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Title:

Communication & Mass Media Complete

Access:

Web:  (through )

Subject Area:

Communication and mass media

Dates Covered:

Current and retrospective

Full Text:

Some

Content:

This database merges two popular databases: CommSearch (offering bibliographic and keyword references to 26 journals) and Mass Media Articles Index (with citation coverage of over 40,000 articles from >60 research journals, major journalism reviews, recent encyclopedias, and handbooks.

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Title: LexisNexis Congressional
Access: Web:  (through LEXIS-NEXIS)
Subject Area: Congressional information
Dates Covered:  
Full Text: Yes
Content: This database includes: 
  1. CIS indexing and abstracting of congressional publications and the CIS Legislative Histories (1970 - present).
  2. Full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills and the Congressional Record.
  3. Prepared statements and selected question & answer transcripts (1988 - present).
  4. Bill tracking reports that follow bills through Congress and the text of bills.
  5. Public laws and the United States Code Service.
  6. The Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations.
  7. Biographical and financial information and voting records.
  8. Rosters, charters and schedules for committees and subcommittees.
  9. An insider's perspective on recent legislative activities through the National Journal.
  10. Relevant publications on key American public policy issues.
  11. Other Web sites with useful information about Congress and American politics.
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Title: Credo Reference
Access: Web: Credo Reference
Subject Area: multi-disciplinary
Dates Covered: N/A
Full Text: Yes
Content: Credo Reference enables users to find authoritative answers fast. It features content from hundreds of reference books in a broad range of subjects.
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Title: CQ Researcher
Access: Web:  (through CQ Press )
Subject Area: Social, economic, political, or environmental topics of current interest
Dates Covered: 1991 - present
Full Text: Yes
Content: Each weekly issue of CQ Researcher Online offers a 12,000-word report on a single—including a bibliography. In particular:
• Abstract — A summary of the article (125 words)
• Overview — A 1,200-word introduction to the issue, plus two or three detailed pro-con discussions of the hottest debates relating to the subject (about 4,000 words total)
• Background — The history of the issue (up to 2,500 words)
• Current Situation — The most recent events relating to the controversy (up to 1,500 words)
• Outlook — Long-range projections of where the issue is headed (700 words)
• Special Focus — Maps, graphs, tables, charts, and up to three related articles
• Chronology — One-page timeline of the history of the topic
• Pro/Con — A one-page debate, with equal coverage of the two sides.
• Bibliography — Works cited in the article or consulted by the author in its production
• Next Step — Additional periodical readings to support further research
• Contacts — Information for contacting relevant organizations and associations
• Footnotes — Annotations citing external resources used within the article
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Title: CQ Weekly
Access: Web:  (through CQ Press )
Subject Area: US Congress
Dates Covered: 1983 - present
Full Text: Yes
Content: The continuously updated CQ Weekly reports on Congressional activities; searchable by articles, floor debates, dates, and issues. Each issue of CQ Weekly reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap-up of the previous week’s news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates, and all roll-call votes.
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Title: Contemporary Authors (part of Gale Literary Databases)
Access: Web:  through InfoTrac
Subject Area: Biography with bibliography
Dates Covered: Current
Full Text: Yes
Content: A guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Provides biographical and bibliographical references for>120,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world.
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Title: Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (part of Gale Literary Databases)
Access: Web: through InfoTrac
Subject Area: Literary criticism
Dates Covered: Current
Full Text: Yes
Content: Critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works, and sources for further study.
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Title: Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)
Access: Web:  (through FirstSearch)
Subject Area: Women's health and human rights
Dates Covered: 1992 to present
Full Text: Some
Content: Indexes >1,500 books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets.
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