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Academic Search Elite
Searchable full-text for more than 2,100 scholarly journals, including 1,700 peer-reviewed journals.
Credo Reference
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An easy-to-use tool for research projects and homework. Search in hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 200 videos.
Gale Ebooks
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A collection of reference ebooks on the topics of business, biographies, science, history and social issues.
MasterFILE Premier
Full-text periodicals on subjects like business, health, education, science, and general reference. This database also contains full text of reference books, primary source documents and an image collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags.
Read It!
More than 1,000 articles, written especially for English language learners on topics such as history, civics, literature, science, and life skills. Articles are short and written to support reading skills and help students and adults build background knowledge, conduct research, and improve study skills.
Research for Middle Schoolers (Gale In Context)
A database for students that includes many science magazines and journals, including Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Discovering Science and more.
Science Reference Center
Searchable full-text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals.