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Electronic Resources Descriptions E through F

For information on how to cite an article retrieved from computer indexes and databases, go to Citing Print and Electronic Sources in Research Papers.

Off Campus Access to Databases.

EBSCO Animals

This database provides articles from the Encyclopedia of Animals. Some images are also available in selected entries.

Connect toEBSCOhost Animals.

Education Full Text

English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the U.S. and elsewhere. Subjects include administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, government funding, and more. From 1983 - present.

Connect to Education Full Text via WilsonWeb
(index, abstracts and selected full text)

Encyclopedia of Human Relationships

This is a full text encyclopedia on relationship science from Sage Publications. Results can be printed or emailed. Citations can be downloaded to RefWorks or other bibliographic management programs.

ERIC

Indexes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines related to education from 1966 - present.

ERIC documents, designated with ED at the beginning of the record, are available on microfiche at the library from 1963-2003. Full-text non-journal documents are availalbe for free from 1993 to the present.

ERIC is freely available on the web at http://www.eric.ed.gov/.

Connect to ERIC via WilsonWeb

Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

This largely full-text collection of 200 journals provides access to the multiple viewpoints of this volatile field of study, including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policymakers and corporate interests. Coverage begins in 1980.
Connect to Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

Fine Arts and Music Collection

150 full-text magazines and journals in this collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. The titles in this collection are a subset from the Academic OneFile and General OneFile databases.

FirstSearch

This system allows access to almost 40 bibliographic databases which identify scholarly journal articles and other information sources in arts & humanities, business & law, social sciences, and science & technology.

The library is charged for searches in FirstSearch. All users must complete a training class.

Connect to FirstSearch (password protected).

Download the OCLC FirstSearch User Manual* (326KB).

Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

This encyclopedia is appropriate for students and adults. It provides only the text of the entries. No graphics are included. This encyclopedia is available in both EBSCOhost and FirstSearch ( in the World Almanac database).

Connect to EBSCOhost Funk and Wagnalls.

 

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Updated August 31, 2010

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