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Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Indexing of more than 11,000 peer-reviewed journals and full text of more than 8,000, with coverage in such subject areas such as, biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.

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Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Focused on homeland defense and security related research and news. Contains U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, national strategy documents, and relevant reports from state governments, universities and organizations. Supports full-text searching and provides a list of topics which can be browsed.
Format: Full-text, Coverage: Mid 1990s - Current, Truncation and Wildcard: None and None, Search Tips: Advanced search screen allows phrase searching, boolean searching, searching within specific fields. Results can be filtered by topic, geographic region or event. Topics include immigration, infrastructure, technology, law, intelligence, emergency management, public health and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
** Expanded access continues as we work to implement a new contract for JSTOR's new all-access model, which will provide access to all archival journals and primary source content. **

Back volumes for 2,890 journals from the very first issue but usually excluding the most current 2-5 years, though almost 100 with coverage through the most recent issue. General subject areas include art & architecture, Asian studies, botany, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, language & literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology and statistics.
Format: Majority full-text; some additional full-text via link resolver, Coverage: Dates vary with beginning date of journal., Truncation and Wildcard: + and ----, Search Tips: Boolean commands are supported. Use quotation marks to search keywords as a phrase.
Military Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Covers such topics as defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, international relations, political science, and more.
Full text and indexing of 233 peer-reviewed scholarly journals and indexing (without full text) of another 150, as well as full text and indexing of 294 reports, trade journals, magazines, newspapers, wire feeds, books, blogs, conference papers, and other sources and indexing (without full text) of 78 more.
Public Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Includes journal citations discussing significant areas of public administration, both theory and practice. 75 titles have full-text articles directly from other EBSCO databases, and others are available through the link resolver. Some of the important titles included are Journal of Public Economics, Public Administration and Public Administration Review.
Format: Majority full-text; some additional full-text via link resolver, Coverage: 1974- present, Truncation and Wildcard: * and ?, Search Tips: Boolean command searching. Browsable index of search terms for author/editor, journal name, language, document type, and subject term. Help link at the top of each screen. May e-mail marked entries with selected citation style - check capitalization and punctuation!
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Broad science coverage, emphasizing life sciences, health sciences, engineering, earth sciences, agriculture, and pharmacology. Full text from over 3800 journals and chapters from over 5300 books. Also includes business, management and accounting; economics, econometrics and finance, and social science.
Format: Full-text, Coverage: Varies by title, most 1990-present, Truncation and Wildcard: ! and *, Search Tips: Default search assumes entered term is a phrase. Can search for terms in abstract/title/keywords, full-text , author, journal title, etc. Use singular for terms that form regular plurals. For irregular plurals, combine both terms with OR. Greek letters are spelled out in English. Super and subscripts appear inline. Browsable help lists. Journal list.
SciTech Premium This link opens in a new window
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Provides full-text titles from around the world including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more. Covers Agriculture, Environmental Science, Biology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Advanced Technology, Aerospace, Materials Science, and Engineering.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
For the sciences, business, and education. Includes journals in the areas of business, chemistry, computer science, earth science, education, engineering, law, life and medical sciences, mathematics and statistics, physics, and psychology.
Format: Full-text, Coverage: Varies--mostly mid-1990s to present., Truncation and Wildcard: * and None, Search Tips: For list of all journals, go to 'Publications ' and select initial letter of title. 'Browse by Subject' provides a list of publications by area of research, but does not have a search function. Question mark icon on every page is help feature. The open lock icon is on items available in full-text.

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