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America: History and Life - Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Indexes and abstracts English-language scholarly literature for the history of the United States and Canada. Records indexing book and media reviews of historical interest are also included.
Subject Coverage:
American History, Canadian History, popular culture, American Studies, ethnic studies, sociology, anthropology, women's studies/gender studies, genealogy, historic preservation, literature/folklore
Dates of Coverage:
1955 to present
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 400,000 records
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Full text of the periodical holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. The entire AAS collection features about 6,500 titles from the seventeenth through the late nineteenth century.
Subject Coverage:
agriculture, architecture, art, books and publishing, business, ethnic groups, family, government, history, industry, language, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, politics, religion, revolutionary war, science
Dates of Coverage:
1691 to 1877
Update Frequency:
unknown
Size:
more than 7 million pages
Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
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Cites biographical material appearing in periodicals, current books of individual and collective biography, and incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books. Biographical subjects indexed range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities.
Subject Coverage:
biographical information
Dates of Coverage:
July 1984 to present
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 500,000 people
more than 36,000 images
Book Review Digest This link opens in a new window
Cites and excerpts reviews appearing in periodicals published in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. which cover English-language fiction and non-fiction. Children's books are included, but excluded are: textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences.
Subject Coverage:
thousands of subjects
Dates of Coverage:
January 1983 to present
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 600,000 records
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
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Is a topical weekly publication that explores a single "hot" issue in-depth. Each weekly report seeks to be an objective, balanced treatment of the topic and runs approximately 12,000 words.
Subject Coverage:
social issues, teen issues, the environment, health, education, science, and technology
Dates of Coverage:
October 25, 1991 to present
January 1996 (PDF files included)
January 2001 (color PDF files included)
Update Frequency:
weekly
Size:
not available
CQ Magazine This link opens in a new window
Is a magazine covering congress that is staffed by more than 100 reporters, editors, and researchers. Articles are in plain-english are non-partisan.
Subject Coverage:
congress, the legislative process
Dates of Coverage:
1983 to present
Update Frequency:
weekly
Size:
equivalent to a dozen shelves worth of bound volumes
Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Indexes doctoral dissertations accepted at accredited U.S. institutions since 1861. It selectively covers Master's Theses, Canadian dissertations, and British and other European dissertations going back to 1637. Nearly half of the records link to the full-text document.
Subject Coverage:
covers the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions
Dates of Coverage:
1637 to present (for selected British and European dissertations)
1861 to present (for indexing of U.S. dissertations)
July 1980 to present (for dissertations with abstracts)
January 1988 to present (for Master's Theses with abstracts)
1997 to present (for the full-text of most dissertations)
2013 to present (for indexing and full-text of theses produced at Morehead State University)
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 3,800,000 records
more than 1.700.000 full-text documents
ERIC This link opens in a new window
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Indexes and abstracts thousands of education-related materials. It includes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines.
Subject Coverage:
covers all aspects of education
Dates of Coverage:
1966 to present
1993 to present (for records with full-text)
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 1,000,000 records
Facts On File: World News Digest This link opens in a new window
Brings together and enhances more than seven decades of domestic and international news.
Subject Coverage:
political, social, and economic news events
Dates of Coverage:
October 1940 to present
Update Frequency:
weekly
Size:
more than 92,000 records
Gale Directory Library This link opens in a new window
Is a platform which allows researchers to use traditional print directories like a database and sort and export data to analyze or generate mailing lists.
Subject Coverage:
directory information across a variety of social and business sectors
Dates of Coverage:
the coverage will be for whichever year a particular title has been purchased
Update Frequency:
whenever a new edition of a particular directory is purchased by the library
Size:
unknown
GPO govinfo This link opens in a new window
Contains the full-text of many government documents. It updates and replaces GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) website.
Subject Coverage:
covers numerous subject areas
Dates of Coverage:
1994 to present
Learning Express Library This link opens in a new window
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Provides practice tests and test preparation guides for many of the most common standardized tests. It also offers courses, e-books, and practice tests for improving basic skills along with job search and career development.
Subject Coverage:
business writing, citizenship, cover letters, interviewing, job search, resumes, skills improvement, and test preparation
Dates of Coverage:
most recent materials available
Update Frequency:
regularly
Size:
more than 1,000 tests and tutorials
more than 200 e-books
Lexington Herald-Leader This link opens in a new window
Contains all of the news, features, sports and entertainment articles written by the staff at the Lexington Herald-Leader and provided by the major wire services. Also includes content from the web edition and blog.
Subject Coverage:
Lexington local news, Kentucky state government news, thoroughbred horse racing and breeding, and the coal industry
Dates of Coverage:
April 25, 1983 to present
Update Frequency:
daily
Size:
not available
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Offers numerous databases for law, news, and business.
Subject Coverage:
law, news, and business
Dates of Coverage:
coverage varies
Update Frequency:
daily
Size:
not available
APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Indexes journal articles, technical reports, monographic series, dissertations, and other materials relating to psychology. Articles are selected from more than 1,500 journals published in 35 languages.
Subject Coverage:
psychology & related fields
Dates of Coverage:
1600s to present
Update Frequency:
weekly
Size:
more than 5 million records
Notes:
Ninety-nine percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
Has one of the highest DOI matching rates in the publishing industry
Offers options for searching on Cited References
Training Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/APAPublishingTraining/videos
Public Affairs Information Service {PAIS International} This link opens in a new window
Indexes the literature relating to public administration and public policy. Coverage is selective and international.
Subject Coverage:
agriculture, banking, business, demographics, education, environment, finance, government, health, international relations, law and legislation, political science, public administration, social sciences, and statistics
Dates of Coverage:
1972 to present
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 628,000 records
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PAIS selectively indexes and abstracts articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories.
In addition to English, some of the indexed materials are published in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
SAGE Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
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Offers comprehensive information on research methodology primarily in the social sciences (but in other disciplines as well) taken from hundreds of publications by SAGE.
Subject Coverage:
research methodology
Dates of Coverage:
unknown
Update Frequency:
annually (in December)
Size:
more than 100,000 pages of content
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to historical U.S. Census data. It includes reporting and mapping tools.
Subject Coverage:
demography
Dates of Coverage:
1790 to present
Update Frequency:
unknown
Size:
unknown

Tutorial:
https://socialexplorer.libguides.com/socialexplorer
Sociological Collection This link opens in a new window
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Includes nearly 560 online full-text titles (most of which are peer-reviewed). For comprehensive searching of sociology journals (including these) use Sociological Abstracts.
Subject Coverage:
community development, culture, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, social behavior, and social structure
Dates of Coverage:
not available
Update Frequency:
not available
Size:
not available
WestlawNext This link opens in a new window
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Offers comprehensive full text of statutes, case law materials, public records, and other legal resources, along with current news articles and business information.
Subject Coverage:
law, news, business
Dates of Coverage:
coverage varies
Update Frequency:
unknown
Size:
not available

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