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Academic OneFile Select (Gale)

Find the journal and magazine articles you need for your research paper using Gale Academic OneFile Select. This database provides access to full text journal articles, abstracts, and general interest magazines in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Science and Technology.  It also provides access to multimedia sources covering national and global news sources. Your reseach topic is covered with Gale Academic OneFile Select.  Draft an amazing research paper with quality sources and bibliographic citations. Be sure to create your individual account profile to save your searches.

Ancestry Library Edition
Now available from home through March 31, 2021.

Ancestry Library Edition provides easy access to more than 7,000 genealogy databases and 200 billion images with a single search. Collections provide information on individuals from North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, and more. Updates and new content are always being added. U.S. databases include the complete U.S. Census & Index (1790-1940), vital, church, court, and immigration records. Other notable collections include Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. The Map Center contains more than 1,000 historical maps. Many international records are available. Canadian collections provide nearly 60 million records from the Census of Canada; and key vital records, such as the Drouin Collection (1621-1967), which includes nearly 30 million baptism, marriage, and burial records from Quebec. U.K. collections offer censuses for England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, and Scotland, with nearly 200 million records; Births and Baptisms (1834-1906), Marriage Licenses (1521-1869), Deaths and Burials (1834-1934), and Poor Law Records (1840-1938) in London; and more. Other international collections continue to grow with more than 46 million records from German census, vital records, emigration indexes, ship lists, phone directories, and more; Chinese surnames in the large and growing Jiapu Collection of Chinese lineage books; Jewish family history records from Eastern Europe and Russia; and more. Answers await everyone—whether professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist, or historian.

Computer Science (Gale OneFile)

Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

Educator’s Reference Complete (Gale OneFile)

A comprehensive resource covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college and includes virtually every educational specialty, such as bilingual studies; health; academic, public, and school librarianship, technology and testing. The resource also includes information on issues related to administration, funding and policy in education. A one-stop resource for educators and education students, providing relevant and timely information for studies as well as detailed, comprehensive data for those already working in the field.Provides instant access to more than 1,100 periodicals that cover a wide range of subjects as well as 200 reports from the United States Department of Education and full-text results for nearly half of the titles cited in ERIC. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. All articles published 1980 to present day.

Gardening and Horticulture (Gale OneFile)

Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture focuses on the practical aspects and the scientific theory of horticulture studies. Gardening and Horticulture offers biotechnologists, farmers, hobbyists, and landscape architects access to important content relevant to their pursuits.

Genealogy Connect (Gale)

Includes genealogy-related topics such as Royal and Noble, Immigration, Native American, and Colonial & Revolutionary. It has intuitive searching options that help researchers find information easily. Gale Genealogy Connect allows users to search across multiple volumes, identifying connections and enriching family history.

General OneFile (Gale)

Gale General OneFile is a one-stop source for information on a wide range of general interest topics. Whether you are looking for information on current events, health care, sports, technology or almost any other inclusive topic, Gale General OneFile has articles you can use. Gale General OneFile has over 120 million articles (many in full-text) dating from 1980 to the present and is updated every 24 hours. Gale General OneFile can also help you develop your APA and MLA citations for each article you use in your research.

General Reference Center Gold -- now Gale General OneFile

Find a wide variety of magazines, journals, and newspaper articles for your next book report or research paper by searching the vast collection of articles in General Reference Center Gold. The latest current events, popular culture stories, business and industry coverage, arts and sciences, sports and hobbies stories are gathered here for general interest reading from well known magazines, reference books, and trade publications. Thousands of works cited sources are truly at your fingtertips for a well crafted and researched paper. Create your individual account profile to save your searches.

Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile)

Created specifically for students, knowledgeable consumer health researchers, and health care professionals, Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine includes information on a full range of health care topics.  This database integrates millions of articles from a wide range of nursing and allied health journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters and select consumer health information sources, and also includes videos demonstrating  surgeries and other medical procedures.

Health and Wellness (Gale)

Gale Health and Wellness  is a comprehensive resource that provides integrated access to medical, statistical, health, and related information. Use this resource to find information about diabetes, cancer, obesity and depression, among other conditions. Also search within current topics in the news, drug and herbal remedies, health highlights, and health directories for accessing contact information for clinics, medical centers and foundations. Your search results are organized in an easy tab format and all sources are available for printing, e-mailing, and downloading.

Material from this database is intended for informational purposes only, and you are encouraged to consult with your own physician to discuss any course of treatment presented or suggested here.

HeritageQuest Online

Interested in learning more about your family tree? Beginner and professional genealogists can use this resource to trace family histories and American culture from the comfort of their home. HeritageQuest Online includes the digitized UMI Genealogy & Local History Collection, 1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census, the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, the Freedman’s Bank records and Private Relief Actions, and Memorials and Petitions from the Lexis Nexis® U.S. Serial Set. HeritageQuest Online is designed specifically for people who are either just beginning their family research or who after years of work are still uncovering their past.

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