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| Title: |
FirstSearch Gateway |
| Access: |
Web: FirstSearch
(a password is required for some databases.) |
| Subject Area: |
A gateway to other
databases. See individual entries for detailed descriptions. |
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Access to the following
bibliographic and Full Text databases is available
without charge through the Alabama Virtual Library:
- ArticleFirst
- ECO
- ERIC
- GPO
- MEDLINE
- PapersFirst
- Proceedings*
- UnionLists
- WorldAlmanac
- WorldCat
FirstSearch also includes databases in these areas:
Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics,
Conference & Proceedings, Consumer Affairs &
People, Education, Engineering & Technology,
General & Reference, General Science, Life Sciences,
Medicine & Health Sciences, News & Current
Events, Public Affairs & Law, Social Sciences.
Access to these databases requires a password which
may be obtained from a BSC librarian at the Reference
or Circulation desks. |
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| Title: |
Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia |
| Access: |
Web: through
EBSCOHost |
| Subject Area: |
General encyclopedia |
| Dates Covered: |
Current, updated annually |
| Full Text: |
Yes |
| Content: |
Provides >25,000
encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords
within the entry. |
| Help: |
Ask
a Librarian |
| Title: |
Gale
Virtual Reference Library |
| Access: |
Web: through
GaleNet |
| Subject Area: |
Multidisciplinary |
| Dates Covered: |
N/A |
| Full Text: |
Yes |
| Content: |
Gale Virtual Reference
Library is a database of encyclopedias 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. |
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| Title: |
GaleNet
Gateway (see individual entries for detailed descriptions) |
| Access: |
Web: GaleNet |
| Subject Area: |
A gateway to other
databases. See individual entries for detailed descriptions. |
| Dates Covered: |
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| Full Text: |
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| Content: |
GaleNet includes access
to:
- Associations Unlimited
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary
Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Health and Wellness Resource Center
- Literature Resource Center--LRC, Scribner, Twayne
US, Twayne English, and Twayne World Authors
- InfoTrac OneFile
- Kid's Edition
- Junior Edition
- Student Edition
- LegalTrac
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- General Reference Center Gold
- Business and Company Resource Center
- Informe
- Business Index ASAP
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| Title: |
General
BusinessFile ASAP |
| Access: |
Web: (through
InfoTrac) |
| Subject Area: |
Business and Management |
| Dates Covered: |
From 1996 |
| Full Text: |
Yes |
| Content: |
Includes >4 million
articles on >150,000 companies, and investment
analysts' reports on major companies and industries. |
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a Librarian |
| Title: |
General
OneFile |
| Access: |
Web: (through
GaleNet) |
| Subject Area: |
Multidisciplinary |
| Dates Covered: |
1980 + |
| Full Text: |
Yes |
| Content: |
A one-stop source
for news and periodical articles on a wide range of
topics: business, computers, current events, economics,
education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies,
humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science,
social science, sports, technology, and many general
interest topics. |
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a Librarian |
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| Access: |
Web: via
GaleNet |
| Subject
Area: |
General
Reference |
| Dates
Covered: |
1980 to
present |
| Full Text: |
About half |
| Content: |
A general
interest database, General Reference Center Gold
integrates into one interface a variety of sources--newspapers,
over 15 standard reference books, and periodicals, many
with full-text and images. Many links to related sources
outside the articles. |
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| Title: |
General
Science Full Text |
| Access: |
Web: (through
WilsonWeb) |
| Subject Area: |
Science |
| Dates Covered: |
From 1984
Abstracting from 1993 March |
| Full Text: |
From 1995 January |
| Content: |
A bibliographic database
that indexes and abstracts articles from nearly 250
English-language periodicals published in the United
States and Great Britain and includes the Full Text
of selected periodicals. Periodical coverage includes
popular science magazines as well as professional
journals. General Science Full Text also covers the
New York Times Science Section (published weekly on
Tuesday). |
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| Title: |
GEOBASE |
| Access: |
Web: (through
FirstSearch, password required) |
| Subject Area: |
Geography, geology,
and ecology |
| Dates Covered: |
1980 to present |
| Full Text: |
No |
| Content: |
Includes >600,000
records with abstracts covering > 2,000 journals,
books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports. |
| Help: |
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a Librarian |
| Title: |
GPO
and Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications |
| Access: |
Web: (through
FirstSearch)
Print: Index Ref. Z1223.A18 (in Government Documents)
CD-ROM: GP 3.8/7: (in Circulation) |
| Subject Area: |
Government Documents |
| Dates Covered: |
1976 to present (web)
1789 - 1996 (print)
CD-ROM: 1996 to present |
| Full Text: |
No |
| Content: |
>500,000 records
on all subjects produced by the U.S. government. |
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a Librarian |
| Title: |
Grove
Music |
| Access: |
Web: http://www.grovemusic.com/ |
| Subject Area: |
Music |
| Coverage: |
Current and retrospective |
| Full Text: |
Yes |
| Content: |
Grovemusic.com
comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians (2001) - an unsurpassed
authority on all aspects of music - as well as The
New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2002). |
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