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EBSCO Databases and Resources

Academic Search Premier—Academic Research

A popular resource found in many scholarly settings worldwide, Academic Search Premier is a leading multidisciplinary research database. It provides acclaimed full-text journals, magazines, and other valuable resources.

Content Includes:

• More than 3,100 active full-text journals and magazines
• Nearly 2,800 active full-text peer-reviewed journals
• More than 1,200 active full-text peer-reviewed journals with no embargo
• More than 2,200 active full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus

Subjects Include:

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Engineering
• Physics
• Psychology
• Religion and philosophy
• Science and technology
• Veterinary science

Business Source Elite—Business Publications

Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full-text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

ERIC—Academic Research

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.

GreenFILE

GreenFILE is a free research database covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. It provides thousands of open access full-text records from scholarly, government, and general-interest sources.

Health Source: Academic/Nursing Edition – Health & Nursing

Full text for 300+ nursing and allied health medical journals (200+ are peer-reviewed), as well as indexing of 800+ journals.

This database is also available to the public via JerseyClicks.

Health Source: Consumer Edition – Consumer Health

Find consumer health information in 70+ full-text magazines, 100+ reference books, pamphlets, drug information sheets, and Clinical Reference Systems reports. Full-text magazines include Prevention, Popular Science, Psychology Today, and Runner's World. Also included is Merriam-Webster’s Medical Desk Dictionary.

This database is also available to the public via JerseyClicks.

Image Collection – Maps & Photographs

Search the million photographs from EBSCO's database collections. Find images from Canadian Press, Getty Images and UPI; maps from Antenna Audio; and photographs from public domain sources. Emphasis is on world news and events, and contemporary and historical photos of people, places and nature.

This database is also available to New Jersey residents via JerseyClicks.

Legal Information Source – Law Reference

Legal Information Source is a database designed to assist the public in understanding the complex world of law and legal matters of all kinds. It includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) – Library

LISTA indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports, and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more.

Literary Reference Source – Literary Reference

Combining information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals and original content from EBSCO, Literary Reference Source features an expansive collection of classic and contemporary full-text poems, short stories, and novels. Other content includes:

• More than 26,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
• More than 210,000 author biographies
• More than 12,000 author interviews
• More than 360 full-text literary journals
• More than 1.1 million book reviews

MasterFILE Elite – Magazines & Images

MasterFILE Elite provides full-text magazines, periodicals and reference books covering a wide-range of subject areas. It also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps and flags.

Content Includes

• More than 950 full-text magazines and journals
• More than 20 full-text reference books
• More than 1.9 million photos, maps and flags

MiddleSearch Plus – Middleschool Age Magazines

Designed for middle school libraries, Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such as history, current events, science, and sports, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps, and flags.

Content Includes:

• More than 180 full-text magazines
• More than 100,000 full-text biographies
• More than 55,000 full-text primary source documents
• An image collection of more than 1.8 million photos, maps, and flags

Military & Government Collection – Government Research

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

Newspaper Source Plus – Newspaper, TV & Radio

Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.

Content Includes:

• More than 60 full-text national (U.S.) and international newspapers
• More than 300 full-text regional (U.S.) newspapers

NoveList – Literary Fiction

Novelist Plus is an electronic reader's advisory resource that assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. Novelist allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest. It contains materials for all ages.

NoveList K-8 – K-8 Literary Fiction

NoveList K-8 is an online readers' advisory tool aimed at elementary and middle school students. NoveList K-8 helps readers find new books based on books they've read or on topics in which they are interested. It also includes book talks, picture book extenders, and Curricular Connections articles that will guide faculty to new titles and new ways for translating curriculum standards into classroom action.

Points of View Reference Source – Critical Thinking Resource

Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, Points of View Reference Source provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.

Primary Search – Elementary Age Magazines

Designed for elementary school libraries, Primary Search is a full-text database providing popular children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries, and a vast image collection. Students can learn about a variety of topics, including endangered species, famous musicians, fitness and space exploration.

Content Includes:

• More than 180,000 full-text articles (many in color PDF) from 100 popular children's magazines
• Easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids
• An image collection of more than 1.8 million relevant photos, maps, and flags

Referencia Latina – Spanish Language Resources

Referencia Latina es una base de datos en español de texto completo que cubre una amplia gama de temas dentro y fuera del mundo académico. Ofrece contenido de una variedad de fuentes, incluidos libros de referencia, revistas de interés general e informes de salud.

Referencia Latina is a full-text Spanish-language database covering a wide range of topics within and outside academia. It offers content from a variety of sources, including reference books, general interest journals, and health reports.

Regional Business News – Business Publications

This database provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Small Business Source – Business Reference & Courses

Browse available works by category, find industry information, learn business basics, and find start-up kit and business plans. Find eBooks from the popular NOLO series of self-help business, law, and tax books, including How to Write a Business Plan, Home Business Tax Deductions, Quick LLC, Trademark, Employer’s Legal Handbook, and Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes, and Records. Check out the Small Business Start Up Guide: New Jersey.

This database is also available to New Jersey residents via JerseyClicks.

Teacher Reference Center – Educator Resources

Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for hundreds of periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC are peer-reviewed.

Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.



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