Guide to
Library Databases
No matter where you are – home, school, work, or inside the
library – access is just a click away…
Guide to
Library Databases
No matter where you are – home, school, work, or inside the
library – access is just a click away…
Cabell
County Public Library provides access to thousands of magazines, poems,
newspaper articles, images, and other information sources through its online
databases. Databases have useful
information for children, adults and students of all ages. In many cases you can access these databases
remotely which means that you don’t have to come inside the library. If you
have a home computer and a library card you can log on using your card number
or passwords provided by the library.
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Alt HealthWatch
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This database focuses on the many
perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health
care and wellness. It offers full text articles for nearly 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports.
In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports,
original research and book excerpts. Full text titles include American Journal of Chinese Medicine, American
Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, Journal of Alternative & Complementary
Medicine, and
many more.
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This
database provides full-text articles from various familiar magazines in one
easy-to-search database. These leading
magazines provide coverage and analysis of current events in a range of
categories including: news, business, entertainment, lifestyle, science and
technology, and sports. Paid
advertisements are excluded.
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America’s Newspapers: Huntington
Herald-Dispatch NewsBank, Inc. N µ
Newspaper archives provide comprehensive coverage of current events (history in the making) and historical events. Each newspaper or wire service provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including specific information about local companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and the people in the community. The newspaper currently featured in this database: Herald-Dispatch (January 1, 1999 – Current). Paid advertisements are excluded.
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Ancestry Library Edition ProQuest Q
The Ancestry Library Edition
collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as
U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing
more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index;
Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration
Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War
collection. Ancestry Library Edition updates continually, with more indexes and
original images added all the time.
This database provides information
on thousands of vehicles, from 1945 to present.
It includes thousands of drawings and step-by-step photographs as well
as technical service bulletins, recalls, wiring diagrams and specifications
& maintenance schedules.
Business Source Elite
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This business database
provides full text coverage for nearly 1,100 business
publications and economics journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed
publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and
abstracts for more than 1,750 journals. Business
Source Elite contains full text from the world's top management and
marketing journals including Business Week,
Forbes, Harvard Business Review, etc. This database includes full
text (PDF) coverage dating back as far as 1985, and detailed company profiles
for the world's 10,000 largest companies. This database is updated daily on
EBSCOhost.
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Consumer Health Complete is the
single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is
designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall
understanding of health-related topics. This full text database covers topics
such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition &
dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. This databases also features more than 700 physician-generated
videos with full-text transcripts and 248 animations. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to
up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. The database is
updated on a weekly basis.
Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 ProQuest µ
Sanborn
maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects,
geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and
anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of
American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. They are large-scale plans
containing data that can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban
structures. This includes information such as the outline of each building, the
size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures,
location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and
sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers
for
EBSCO Animals powered by
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EBSCO's
Encyclopedia of Animals offers in-depth information on a variety of topics
relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full
text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
EBSCOhost Text Only
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The text-only version of EBSCOhost does not use JavaScript, frames or
cookies. Images are not presented unless included by the library administrator.
With the text-only version, the personalization feature may not be available,
or only selected features may be provided.
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EBSCOhost offers a variety of proprietary full text
databases and popular databases from leading information providers.
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Students can find the answers they
need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and
transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved
websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files. The one-of-a-kind BookCart functionality allows
educators to build persistent links to pre-selected content, creating reading
lists, subject and topic pages, standards-linked lessons and activities,
community interest pages, and even pre- or post-assessments. Includes the Charleston
Gazette (May 1998 – Current) and the Charleston Daily Mail (June
1998 – Current) newspapers.
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Foundation Directory Online Q
Foundation Directory Online is the
premier grant seeking database on the web, developed by the
Funk & Wagnalls
For students and adults alike, the
Funk & Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an
array of topics. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies
as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated
annually.
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Gale Virtual Reference
Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference
sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials can be
accessed online from the library or remotely 24/7. Searches can be done by choosing a product or
products or by simply searching all available items.
Grolier Online Kids µ
With this database you
can access Grolier's encyclopedia, atlas and timelines. Encyclopedia search
results include related websites. Includes the Encyclopedia
Grolier Online Passport
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Grolier Online is published by
Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc., a division of Scholastic Inc. It includes
seven encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia
Health Source – Consumer Edition powered by
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This resource provides access to
more than 130 full text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy,
Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health,
Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many
others. It covers topics such as AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol,
aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, women's health,
etc.
Health Source – Nursing/Academic Edition powered by
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This database provides
nearly 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed
journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and
indexing for nearly 850 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is
particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in
Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child &
Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of
Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics,
Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more. The majority of full
text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full
text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.
HeritageQuest Online
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HeritageQuest Online is an
essential collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical
researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Researchers can use
the database to find their ancestors, trace their paths across
Issues and Controversies Facts On File N µ
Issues and Controversies is a
comprehensive online source of up-to-date, in-depth, and objective information on
the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. It is a reference
database, a classroom tool, and home-learning resource. It combines
authoritative factual analysis with clear explanations of opposing points of
view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly
grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics.
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Kids Search powered by
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Kids Search makes it
easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful
search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference
books, photos, flags, etc.
Learning Express Library
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LearningExpress will help you prepare for
the ACT, SAT, GED, immigration exam, civil service exams, law enforcement exam,
military exams and more! Take practice tests online. Get instant scores and
explanations of right and wrong answers.
With your account, you can stop a test mid-way through, then pick up where you left off next time you log in.
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Library, Information
Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more
than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject
coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information
management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the
mid-1960s.
MasterFILE Premier
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Covering virtually
every subject area of general interest, this database includes nearly 500 full
text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and
an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated
daily via EBSCOhost.
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. It
brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
This site also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical
encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
Newspaper Source
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Newspaper Source provides
cover-to-cover full text for 25 national (U.S.) & international newspapers,
including The Christian Science Monitor,
USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times
(London), Toronto Star, etc.
The database also contains selected full text for more than 260 regional (U.S.)
newspapers, including The Boston Globe,
Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News
(New York), San Jose Mercury News,
etc. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are
provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN
International, FOX News, NPR, etc. This database is updated daily
via EBSCOhost.
NoveList powered by EBSCOhost
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Looking for a good book to read? NoveList is a
fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations,
and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content
of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes,
What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks,
and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are
Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction.
Novelist K-8 powered by
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NoveList K-8 contains
materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's
"chapter" books and young adult titles. Updated monthly, NoveList K-8
is your starting place for learning about the books that you and your students
need and will want to read!
Points of
Points of View Reference Center is a full
text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of
controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays
provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are
accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political
and societal publications.
Primary Search powered by
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Primary Search,designed specifically for elementary
school libraries and public library children’s rooms, contains full text for
nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are
assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). In addition to the full text,
this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 100 magazines. Examples
of publications covered in Primary
Search include: Appleseeds, Boys’ Life, Cobblestone, Cricket, Highlights
for Children, Hopscotch, Jack & Jill, Ladybug, and many more. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Reference
Whether
you're doing research for a school paper, gathering business intelligence or
looking up a cousin you've lost contact with, you need the most accurate data
available. This database contains detailed information on more than 14 million
Regional
Business Review powered by
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This database provides
comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional
Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and
newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the
Searchasaurus powered by
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Designed
for users in elementary or middle schools. Seachasaurus
makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by
topic to find the most useful search results.
Small Engine Repair Reference
Center is a full text database for those seeking reference and
instructional information about small engine machinery maintenance and repair.
Engines types include: motorcycles, ATVs, personal water craft, snowmobiles,
lawn mowers, tractors, snow blowers, generators, and more.
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Teen Health and Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers µ
This comprehensive database allows
teens to research health-related issues important to their well-being. It
provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on
a vast range of topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness,
mental health, diversity, family life, and more.
TOPICsearch
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This current events database
allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific
discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. Topics
covered include: Aging, AIDS, Alcohol, Computers, Crime, Drugs, Education,
Energy, Ethics, Family, Health, Human Rights, Multiculturalism, National
Debate, People, Religion, Sports, Women, Work, World Affairs, etc.
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Do you
need help finding articles for a research paper, looking for a lost relative,
locating an address and phone number, or are you simply searching for the
latest news?
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