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The 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection contains full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth century Britain. This new collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Special attention was paid to include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. The penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present in the collection. More information can be found in the Topic Guide fot this resource. This database has been provided through the generous donotion of the Rockhurst University Library Guild.
Credo Reference is a collection of over 400 reference titles covering topics in the humanities, science, medicine and social sciences. The full text of these titles are available and there are links from titles to related articles in many of the library's journal databases and to books identified in the library's online catalog. Credo Reference Search Tips *
Academic OneFile contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects - authoritative and comprehensive. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions; updated daily.
General OneFile contains 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. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
InfoTrac Collections are subject specific subset collections of articles taken from the Academic OneFile and General OneFile databases.
Agriculture Collection Description
Business Economic Theory Collection Description
Communication and Mass Media Collection Description
Criminal Justice Collection Description
Culinary Arts Collection Description
Fine Arts and Music Collection Description
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection Description
Home Improvement Collection Description
Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection Description
Popular Magazine Collection Description
Psychology Collection Description
Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health Module delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Additionally, consumers, students, and professionals are provided with descriptions of and links to many pertinent websites, selected for their usefulness and appropriateness. This database is intended for consumers without medical backgrounds.
Health Reference Center Academic is intended for the health professional and students in the heatlh sciences. It provides the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
Small Business Resource Center contains information on starting and running a small business, including sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
Informe is for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool is the first system to provide indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users.
Customer Newspapers contains full text articles from domestic and international newspapers.
Additional databases for elementary and secondary school students include:
Infotrac Junior Edition Description
Infotrac Student Edition Description
Kids InfoBits Description
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