| Database Name | Database Description | Available Help Options |
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| ABI/INFORM GLOBAL | Search 1000 premier worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more since 1971. Includes information on 60,000+ companies. Includes links to many full text articles | You can review the 12 page pdf Quick Start Guide or other aids at the ProQuest Resource Training Center or the special ABI Inform help page. |
 | Accounting and Tax | Based on the Accountants&; Index, this tool for professionals provides current accounting, taxation, and financial management information since 1971. National and international in scope, key publications focus on accounting policies and standards, state and national tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans, and corporate financial management, as well as profiles of accounting firms, CPAs, and management consulting firms. | You can review the 12 page pdf Quick Start Guide or other aids at the ProQuest Resource Training Center. |
| AGRICOLA | Describes materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science acquired by the National Agriculture Library and cooperating institutions.
| You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Alternate Press Index | Indexes alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines since 1991. Provides alternative viewpoints on internationally significant subjects.
| You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Alternate Press Index Archive | International and interdisciplinary: comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information published from 1969-1990. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Applied Science & Technology - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Applied Science & Technology (AST) | Provides information on careers and financial trends in the scientific and tech. fields. Includes interviews, articles, new product reviews, editorials, tables, charts, diagrams & conference proceedings. | You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
| Art Abstracts - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Art (ART) | Index of leading publications in the arts. Provides an international perspective from diverse specialists and access to a range of English language materials. | You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
| Arts and Humanities Citation Index | Indexes the world's leading arts and humanities journals, articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
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| Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS | Biological Abstracts, produced by BIOSIS, is a complete collection of bibliographic references to life science journal literature published internationally. This database provides users with easy access to information published since 1985 in virtually every life science discipline. | You can review the EBSCOHost Basic Search tutorial or scan the Searching EBSCOHost. |
| Biological &Agricultural Index - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Biological & Agricultural (BA) | Leading publications in agriculture, biology, forestry, and ecology. Includes a wide range of popular and professional journals from U.S. & International sources. | You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
| Books in Print | In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios and videos from North American publishers with optional reviews from Choice, Kirkus, Library Journal & Publishers Weekly. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Business and Industry | Contains important facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries. Provides citations to leading trade magazines, newsletters, and the general business press to international business dailies. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Business and Management Practices | Contains citations to articles about the practical aspects of business management. Provides real-world know-how that focuses on how organizations make and implement decisions, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change. Includes case studies and how-to articles.
| You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Business Dateline | Includes citations to resources that describe regional business activities and trends and major stories on local firms, their products, and executives. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Business Periodicals Online - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select "Subject Area" Business (BUS) | Provides complete and accurate indexing and abstracting of 600 leading business magazines. Offers 50-to-150-word abstracts written by subject experts for each article and gives citations (but not abstracts) for book reviews. Include links to some full-text articles. | You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
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| CCH Internet Tax Research Network - Hit the Enter button to login. | Accesses code and support documentation in: Accounting/Auditing, Federal, State, Sales Tax, Financial & Estate Planning, Special Entities, Pension & Payroll, International, Perform Plus II, ClientRelate, and Training & Support
| Select the 33 page pdf CCH User Guide or the 2 page pdf Quick Start Reference Card. |
| Clase and Periodica | Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities which offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Consumers Index | Access information about, tests, alerts, warnings, and recalls of products, services, and facilities. Links to consumer resources offering free, direct access to journals (FDA Consumer), news releases, booklets, & sources available via Web. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Contemporary Women's Issues | Access information on women in over 150 countries. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from nonprofit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| CQ Researcher | CQ Researcher provides original, 12,000 word comprehensive reports which analyzes issues in the news, with in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. The reports include an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources. CQ Researcher Online offers access to CQ Researcher reports dating back to 1991. PDF files are available for reports from January 1996; color PDFs are available for reports published after January 2001. | No special tutorials or handouts available at this time.. |
| CQ Weekly | CQ Weekly offers nonpartisan coverage of the US Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, back room maneuvering. | You can review the CQ Weekly FAQ/Help webpage. |
| Curriculum Research Center, Junior Ed, Grades K-5 | Printable handouts for the classroom in seven areas: People in History, Events in History, Countries & States, Timelines, Science Diagrams, Science Projects, and Career Ideas. | You can review the Curriculum Research Center, Junior Edition help page and select printable handouts by area. |
| Curriculum Research Center, Senior Ed., Grades 6-12 | Printable handouts for the classroom in seven areas: History, Historical Timelines, Geography, Science Diagrams, Science Experiments, Mathematics, and Physical Ed. and Health. | You can review the Curriculum Research Center, Senior Edition help page and select printable handouts by area. |
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| Dissertation Abstracts Online | Selectively covers masters theses and dissertations including dissertations from Canada, Great Britain, and Europe.
| You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
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|  | Database vendor for BIOSIS, PsycINFO, PsycLIT and SocIndex with Full Text.
| You can review the EBSCOHost Basic Search tutorial or scan the Searching EBSCOHost. |
| ECONLIT | Provides citations for journals, books, and working papers on economics. Dissertations and articles in more than 620 collective volumes per year.
| You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Education Abstracts - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Education (EDU) | Provides citations for most articles taken from Eng.-language periodicals published in the US and elsewhere regarding all sectors of the ed. community: preschool-college. Includes series, supplements and book review citations. | You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
| eHRAF Collection of Ethnography (Electronic Human Relations Area Files) | The eHRAF Collection of Ethnography is a cross-cultural database that contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized into cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level | You can review the EHRAF Tutorial or scan the 4 page pdf User Guide, 1 page pdf Browse Subject Guide, 1 page pdf Browse Cultures Guide or the webpage Search Methods and Examples. |
| eHRAF World Cultures Beta upgrade site for the eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. | The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. The beta version contains 10 additional cultures. | You can review the EHRAF Tutorial or scan the 4 page pdf User Guide, 1 page pdf Browse Subject Guide, 1 page pdf Browse Cultures Guide or the webpage Search Methods and Examples. |
| Electronic Collections Online (OCLC) | View abstracts and articles from journals to which your library or institution subscribes. Includes all of the original content and images of articles and bibliographic information for all journals. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Encyclopædia Britannica Online | A search in the EBO will retrieve Encyclopædia Britannica and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia articles as well as media, Web sites, and videos. Magazine and journals from EBSCO and Proquest are also available. Finally, from Merriam-Webster, you will see results for the dictionary and thesaurus as well as the notable quotations.
| You can review the EBO Getting Started webpages or the Guided Tour. |
| ERIC | Contains references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).
| You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| ERIC/EDRS | Contains references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) with online access to many of the RIE publications (ED documents).
| You can review the Using ERIC Search webpage or the Using Thesaurus webpage. |
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| Fact Search | Provides critical statistical evidence and date-linked data that can be used to emphasize a point or reinforce an argument. Includes links to full text. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document.
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|  | Database vendor for many library databases. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document.
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| Gale Literary Index to the Gateway  1/08 | This link will allow you to search the print collections of the Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, and the Twentieth Century Literary Criticism volumes that have been moved from reference to the general stacks. Literary items can be searched by author or title. | You can review the Gale Help page for assistance. |
| General Science Abstracts - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" General Science | Describes biographical sketches, symposia, review articles, special issues, laboratory guides, and book reviews. This is the ideal source for information on a variety of scientific topics. | You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
| GEOBASE | Covers journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports. Includes over 600,000 records with abstracts. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| GPO Monthly Catalog | Find all types of US government docs, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; & docs issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.). Bibliographic citation in each record. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
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| History Cooperative | Indexes and provides full text for articles found in journals published by The American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the University of Illinois Press, and the National Academy Press that are owned by the library.
| You can review the Tips for Successful Searching. |
| Humanities Abstracts - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Humanities (HUM) | Indexes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs. | You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
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| Index to Legal Periodicals and Books- In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Legal (LP) | Covers legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications originating in the U. S, Canada, G. B, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. | You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
| Issues and Controversies on File | Issues and Controversies helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year backfile, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep. | You can review the Issues and Controversies How To Search webpages for assistance. |
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| JSTOR | JSTOR is an archive of important scholarly journals and offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines in the arts and sciences. | You can select the Basic Search tutorial of the Basic Browse tutorial and view it via Flash, Windows Media Player or Quicktime or use the Help files provided. |
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| LEXIS NEXIS -- General | New look -- Includes sources in major US and world publications (in Engliah &; other languages), news wire services, TV and radio broadcast transcripts, blogs, web publications, company information, SEC filing and legal information. | You can review the Lexis Nexis Knowledge Base webpages and the LexisNexis Academic Help Site |
| LEXIS NEXIS -- Business | Includes sources in business and financial news, US and international company financial information from government or private sources, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings. | You can review the Lexis Nexis Knowledge Base webpages and the LexisNexis Academic Help Site |
| LEXIS NEXIS -- Legal Research | Includes 1) Secondary Literature (legal notes and law reviews), 2) Case Law (Supreme court, federal court, & state legal cases and case law), 3) Codes and Regulations (federal Code, US Constitution &; court rules, federal regulations, state codes, & tax law), 4 ) International Legal Materials (Canadian legislative materials, Canadian statutes & regulations, EU law, and Commonwealth and foreign nations). | You can review the Lexis Nexis Knowledge Base webpages and the LexisNexis Academic Help Site |
| LEXIS NEXIS -- News | Includes 1) Full-text of more than 50 major English-language newspapers from the US and around the world, many same day of publication, plus the most extensive archives available; 2)
More than 400 magazines and journals and over 600 newsletters; 3) Hard-to-find broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks, including ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC and NPR; 4) Wire services, updated several times a day; and 5) Non-English language news sources, available in Spanish, French, German, Italian and Dutch, include both newspapers and magazines | You can review the Lexis Nexis Knowledge Base webpages and the LexisNexis Academic Help Site |
| Library & Information Science - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area"; Library & Information Science (LIB) | Includes records for selected library journals, books (more than 600 a year), conference proceedings, library school theses, pamphlets, and book reviews.
Includes English and non-English records.
| You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
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| Marquis Who's Who | Includes biographical information on a1.3 million notable men and women from all fields of endeavor and from a round the world. Also includes American History biographies. | You can review the Marquis Who's Who Search Tips webpages. |
| Media Review Digest | Covers approximately 100,000 mediagraphic items. Provides comprehensive review coverage of educational media. Includes reviews of entertainment resources. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| MEDLINE | Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. Includes 1000s of records with abstracts. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Mergent Online | Contain reports on 10,000 public US companies and many international companies. Includes annual reports and historical annual reports in PDF format for these US and international companies. Data can be compared and downloaded in text and spreadsheet files. | You can review the Basic Search webpages for assistance. |
| MLA International Bibliography | Indexes books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Provides MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA International Bibliography Master List of Periodicals. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
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| National Newspaper Abstracts | Abstracts and indexing for New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal. | You can use the 12 page pdf Quick Start Guide or other aids at the ProQuest Resource Training Center. |
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| OED (Oxford English Dictionary) (All patrons must log in the remote server to use this resource) | "The Oxford English Dictionary is everywhere recognized as a comprehensive authority on the history of English from 1150 to the present day. Both literary and linguistic scholars, as well as many others, use the dictionary in order to find out more about words and their meanings, and to study and learn from the unrivalled stores of quotation evidence provided for the individual entries (drawn from literary and non-literary sources from the earliest days of English up to the present). In particular, OED's representation of language has crucially affected literary and linguistic understanding of how English has changed and developed, and of the contribution made to this process by individuals such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and other major writers"; | You can check the Examining the OED for assistance. |
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| Papers First (OCLC) | Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
| You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Philosopher's Index | Covers all major fields of philosophy such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, etc., and philosophy of related interdisciplinary fields such as education, history, law and religion with citations to articles, books, book chapters and book reviews from sources published since 1940. Indexes over 560 journals from more than 40 countries in 30 languages | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Proceedings First (OCLC) | Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, expo, workshop & meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Contains a list of papers presented at each conference. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| Project Muse | Project MUSE is a collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text online access to high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers. | You can review the Search Help webpages. |
|  | ProQuest is a database vendor that provides access to ABI/Inform, Accounting and Tax Index, National Newspaper Index, and the ProQuest Research Library. | You can use the 12 page pdf Quick Start Guide or other aids at the ProQuest Resource Training Center. |
| PsycARTICLES | This database provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1987 to the present. PsycARTICLES includes more than 35,000 full-text articles from 49 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations. All journals included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO.
| You can review the EBSCOHost Basic Search tutorial or scan the Searching EBSCOHost. |
| PsycINFO | PsycINFO contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1800s, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 35 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year. | You can review the EBSCOHost Basic Search tutorial or scan the Searching EBSCOHost. |
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| Readers' Guide Abstracts - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Readers Guide (Current Events) (RDG) | Contains bibliographic citations for journal articles & library holdings for journal titles. Includes abstracts for many records from popular magazines. | You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
| Reading Eagle Archives | Issues of the Reading Eagle newspaper since October 1989. | You can review the Quick Guide webpages. |
| Research Library (ProQuest) | Research Library provides access to full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology. | You can use the 12 page pdf Quick Start Guide or other aids at the ProQuest Resource Training Center |
| RMA e-Statement Studies (on and off campus patrons must log in to use this resource) | An online equivalent to the RMA Annual Statement Studies which uses data from more than 190,000 company statements, organized by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), to produce the composite financial data and selected financial ratios. | You can use the online Help for assistance. |
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| Sage Online Journals 1/08 | Fulltext access from 1999 to the present for over 450 journals in 40 disciplines. Select ?SAGE Content Available to Me? for fulltext articles or search ?All SAGE Content? for additional items that can be ordered through ILLIAD or purchased with your credit card. | You san search the My Tools section for some limited assistance. |
| Science Direct (College Edition) | Elsevier's ScienceDirect offers more than a quarter of the world's scientific, medical and technical information online and supports physical sciences and engineering; the life sciences; the health sciences; and the social sciences and humanities. Science Direct also has a Quick Search page which allows some customization. | You san search the Science Direct help files online.** |
| SocINDEX with Full Text | SocINDEX with Full Text is a high quality sociology research database with more than 1,660,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 344 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 700 books and monographs, and full text for 6,800 conference papers. | You can review the EBSCOHost Basic Search tutorial or scan the Searching EBSCOHost. |
| Social Sciences Index - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega, select the "Subject Area" Social Science (SS) | Includes articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews on Social Sciences.
| You can review the WilsonWeb Quick Reference Guide webpages or their full text tutorial or download the 2 page QuickTip Sheet guide to WilsonWeb. |
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|  | WilsonWeb OmniText Mega contains the Applied Science and Technology, Art Abstracts, Biological And Agricultural Abstracts, Business Periodicals Abstracts, Education Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, Index to Legal Periodicals, Library and Information Science Abstracts, Readers' Guide Abstracts and Social Science Abstracts. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| World Almanacs | Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
| WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) | OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries. | You can review the Using OCLC FirstSearch webpage or the Using OCLC FirstSearch 2 page pdf document. |
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