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- Citation Management
RefWorks
With RefWorks, a user can create his or her own personal database by importing references from online databases. The user can then write a paper using these references and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. As a web-based product, RefWorks is available to users across various platforms including Windows, Mac, Unix, etc. To use RefWorks, enter the database and follow these steps:1. Click "Sign Up for an Individual Account"
2. Enter the appropriate information
3. Click "Register"
- Books
Books in Print
Books in Print allows patrons to access information on over 5 million titles including books, audio books, videos and ebooks. Additionally, professional book reviews are provided to help choose the best titles. Exclusive features include a "Children’s Room," a "Fiction Room," and "What Year Were You Born?" which allows patrons to search over 100 years of bestsellers. Patrons can browse the winners and nominees of over 400 book industry awards (from Pulitzer to Caldecott), titles by their favorite author or fiction titles in a favorite series or featuring a favorite character. Or, a user can browse by fictional or children’s genre -- Fantasy to Romance, Suspense and Short Stories, Movie and Television tie-ins -- just to name a few!
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A selection of 24 cross-searchable reference e-books covering a variety of subject areas, including health and medicine, language and literature, history, social studies, science and more
- Full-text articles
- Photos and other illustrations
WorldCat
Catalog of books, web resources, and other materials from libraries around the world.
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TLG Digital Library
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae - a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature.
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World Christian Database
The WCD includes detailed information on 9,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world.
netLibrary IV
More than 7,000 books from more than 300 publishers, available 24/7!
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CQ Historic Documents
32 volumes of primary sources covering the most significant events of the year. These documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
- All Journal Titles available through the G. Allen Fleece Library
- Journal Articles - Full Text
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Database of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills and information literacy
- More than 400 reference book titles
- More than 8,700 pro and con viewpoint articles
- Periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts and graphs
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WilsonSelect Plus
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business from more than 1,400 journals.
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Biblical Archaeology Society
The single most comprehensive resource for research in Biblical Archaeology.
Preview Family Movie and TV Review Online
"Preview Online is a fun, informative tool for Christian parents and moviegoers. Our reviews contain the content of films so you can decide if they are suitable for your viewing."
Ingenta Connect
This database searches nearly 30,000 publications. Most articles cost money, so check TDNet to see if CIU owns an item either in print, microfiche, or electronically. If we do not have an item we may be able to obtain it, at no cost to you, through our Interlibrary Loan service. See reference staff for more information.
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SIRS Knowledge Source
Articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects
- Articles selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources
- News, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites
- Includes special features on literature, terrorism and other topics
- Interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources
- Images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions
PsycARTICLES
This database provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1987 to the present.
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Current Anthropology
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Social Behavior and Personality
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Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilos
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Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft - 2003
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Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft - 2003
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Business & Company Resource Center
For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students. Comprehensive periodical and reference resource for business, management and investment topics.
- Journal Articles - Partially Full Text
TREN - Theological Research Exchange Network
"The Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) is a library of over 10,000 theological thesis/dissertation titles representing research from as many as 70 different institutions. TREN also makes available conference papers presented at annual meetings of several academic societies." CIU has an institutional subscription to this database. All e-docs are available to current students, faculty, and staff for free.
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Educator's Reference Complete
Database of education resources covering multiple levels from preschool to college
- More than 1,100 full-text periodicals covering a variety of disciplines
- 200 reports from the U.S. Department of Education
- Resources on educational specialties and issues related to administration, funding and policies
- Updated daily
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Book Review Index Online Plus
Comprehensive reference database for locating reviews of books, periodicals, books-on-tape and electronic media
- Contains the entire backfile of Book Review Index print content (1965-)
- More than 5 million review citations
- More than 634,000 full-text reviews
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LegalTrac
Index to law and legal periodicals with selected full-text articles
- Indexing of more than 1,400 titles; full-text articles from 100+ titles
- Major law reviews, legal newsletters, bar association journals and international titles
- Law-related articles from more than 1,000 additional business and general interest titles
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Nursing Resource Center
Collection of core content from recognized reference, textbook and journal publications in the nursing field
- More than 20 full-text reference books
- More than 200 animations from Blausen Medical's Human Atlas, covering all major body systems
- Search results returned in tabs that correlate to the nursing process
- Disease and drug overviews, sample care plans and a Nursing Toolbox
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Science Resource Center
Comprehensive curriculum-oriented database of reference and periodical content covering Life Science, Physical Science, Earth and Space Science
- More than 30 reference titles
- More than 300 periodicals, both general and scholarly
- Multimedia content, Web site links and a selection of newspaper science sections
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Small Business Resource Center
Resources for prospective and current entrepreneurs and business students
- Full-text periodicals, news sources, reference books and Web site links
- Hundreds of sample business plans created by real-life entrepreneurs
- Updated continuously
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History Resource Center: US
Complete overview of the most-studied events, issues and current information in U.S. history that have been selected as relevant in the undergraduate curriculum
- Original materials from Primary Source Microfilm's digital archives, including documents, monographs, pamphlets, first-person accounts and more
- Encyclopedic and critical articles, essays and biographies
- Full-text periodicals and scholarly history journals
- Historical bibliography
- Links to digitized special collections
- Audio and video clips of historic speeches and events
- Multimedia maps and images
- Country and era overviews
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History Resource Center: World
Collection of resources providing coverage of events, themes and trends in world history from antiquity to the present, with a multicultural and global view
- More than 1,500 primary sources from Primary Source Microfilm
- Full-text articles from more than 110 academic journals
- More than 1,600 historical maps and atlases
- Annotated Web links to primary source special collection sites
- Chronological timelines
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ArticleFirst
OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals
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ATLA
World’s largest religions database.
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ERIC
World’s largest database of education-related research and publications.
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Academic Search Premier
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database.
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ERIC (also available from FirstSearch)
World’s largest database of education-related research and publications.
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General Onefile
Comprehensive periodical database covering all subjects and all types of periodicals
- Periodicals from nearly all InfoTrac collections merged into a single database
- Over 21 million full-text articles on all subjects from over 5000 periodical titles
- Articles from newswires and general, professional, scholarly and children's periodicals
- Indexing of the New York Times, other major newspapers and 8000+ periodicals
- Journal Articles - Citations and Abstracts
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Old Testament Abstracts
The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Content from over 450 journals is covered. All abstracts are in English, regardless of the language of the original work. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more. Coverage in the database dates back to 1978.
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Religious and Theological Abstracts
"Religious and Theological Abstracts provides objective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology."
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Christian Periodical Index
"CPI is the preeminent source when researching a Christian worldview on a wide variety of topics. It is the only comprehensive index to English-language journal articles and book reviews from across the evangelical Christian perspective. CPI currently indexes journal articles, books reviews and journal titles." Click here to find full text for some of the periodicals cited in CPI.
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Vick Library Index
Provided by the G.B. Vick Memorial Library of the Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO, this index identifies 42,000 records from 173 publications - periodicals and reference materials.
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Index Islamicus
The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Records included in the database cover almost a century of publications, with some going back to 1906. Material cited in the Index Islamicus includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere.
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THEOLDI: Documentation of Theological and Interdisciplinary Literature
From School of Theology at University of Innsbruck, this is a collection of four databases citing more than 60,000 records. Included are monographs, journal articles, and collective works.
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Christian Reformed Church Periodical Index (CRCPI)
Contains over 75,000 records and provides access to biblographic citations for the Banner and other CRC-related publications.
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PsycINFO
PsycINFO contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology.
- Newspapers
Chronicle of Higher Education
"The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as an online CV's, salary databases, and more."
LexisNexis Academic
"LexisNexis® provides authoritative legal, news, public records and business information. Search the news from the world's major papers." Law citations, company information, and public opinion information is available as well.
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Gale Cengage Learning Custom Newspapers
100+ full coverage newspaper titles plus selected news and business coverage provided by the more than 170 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News and Knight-Ridder Business News wire services.
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SC Newspapers – Columbia & Greenville
Full-text articles since 1987 from the newspaper of Columbia, SC. Note: Updated 1-2 days after publication of the print newspaper. Visit http://www.thestate.com/ for free access to the latest 1-2 days of coverage.
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International Newspapers
A fully searchable database of over 650 full-text, electronic newspapers
from around the world. Through more than 10 million current and archived
articles, wire services and news translations from over 50 countries, it
provides international coverage on a wide range of topics, people,
issues and events worldwide. Featuring an intuitive, map-based interface
and a fast, powerful search engine.
- Children
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Kids InfoBits
Designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Gale Cengage Learning Junior Edition
Designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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SIRS Discoverer
Designed for the younger researcher, this is an excellent source for biographies, pictures, photo essays, country facts, maps, activities and more.
- Health Information
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Mental Measurements Yearbook
The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. All MMY entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts.
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Health & Wellness Resource Center
Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases.
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MEDLINE
Produced by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE covers from 1966-present with more than 11 million records.
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Health Reference Center
Health and medical periodicals and reference information for academic researchers
- Full-text articles from 600+ health, nursing, allied health and medical journals
- Health-related articles from 1,500 general interest magazines
- Articles from medical reference titles and pamphlets
- Biographies
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Biography Resource Center & the Complete Marquis Who's Who
This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.
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Scribner Writers Series
The Scribner Writers Series includes 1,564 essays on authors of all nationalities and time periods.
- Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
EB Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use EB Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
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Oxford Reference Online
A fully indexed, cross-searchable database of over 100 Oxford dictionaries and reference titles.
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Oxford English Dictionary
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Credo Reference (formerly xrefer)
More than 160 reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, plus the complete Bridgeman Art Library Archive.
- Database Collections
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Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies
"Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies, produced by NISC, is a systematic and non-evaluative bibliographic index of research, policy and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa . This database contains more than 413,530 records and coverage spans from 1900 and earlier to present. Over 15,000 records of recently published and grey literature are added annually. Subject coverage includes: political affairs & law, international relations, economic affairs - business & industry, cultural heritage, arts & humanities, society & social welfare, ethnic diversity & anthropology, significant religious events & movements and recent history (1900 - present) & archaeology. MECAS includes the following: Middle East Bibliography (1946 - 2001), Middle East Book Bibliographies, Theses & Dissertations, MECAS Citations Database and School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) Library Catalogue (1900 - present)."
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New Testament Abstracts
"New Testament Abstracts is a product of a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. The database contains more than 33,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 12,600 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts. Article coverage in the database dates back to 1985."
eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
The eHRAF Collection of Ethnography is a cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups of the world. eHRAF is unique because each culture contains a variety of source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF's comprehensive culture and subject classification systems: the Outline of World Cultures (OWC), and the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). These retrieval systems extend search capability well beyond keyword searching, allowing for precise culture and subject retrieval, even in a foreign language. As a multicultural database, eHRAF appeals to many academic disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, and any other area with an interest in cultural diversity.
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FirstSearch
Search up to 12 databases with one single, easy-to-use interface.
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Gale Cengage Learning Databases
Search up to 14 databases simultaneously and another 12 individually.
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SIRS
A collection of 4 full-text databases
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Gallup Brain
"The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of 70 years of public opinion. Inside, you'll find answers to more than 136,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935."
- Trial Databases
Education Full Text
"Education Full Text is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source documents. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996."
NOTE: Many of these databases are provided through DISCUS, which is funded by the South Carolina General Assembly, with supplemental funding by the federal Library Services and Technology Act. DISCUS is administered by the South Carolina State Library.