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Academic - General
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.  Provides full-text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.

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CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment,  technology, and the economy.  Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.
Book Collection (EBSCOhost)
Database provides a collection of full text eBooks available through EBSCOhost that requires no special reading device or hardware. Collection provides a wide range of eBooks for research and coursework with features that allow for online viewing, downloading and printing segments of books.

Funded by LiLI
Films on Demand
Films on Demand is a web-based video delivery systems with over 6,700 educational documentaries and films for Humanities & Social Sciences, Science & Mathematics, Business & Economics, and Health.  The Archival Films & Newsreels collection is useful as a primary source for historical and cultural research.
Fuente Academica
Fuente Académic is a collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Offers reference sources from multiple publishers allowing libraries to provide respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas.

Funded by LiLI
Idaho CIS - Career Information System
CIS is a division of the Idaho Department of Labor and since 1980 has been helping people in Idaho with volumes of information about occupations, postsecondary education, financial aid and finding jobs. The goal at CIS is to help people make informed career decisions.
LCSC Research Excellence Journal & Symposium
The Mission of the Lewis-Clark State College Research Symposium and Student Research Excellence Journal is to enhance student academic achievement, professional development and award research excellence by providing the opportunity for students to present their research in symposium. Additionally, students have the opportunity to publish their research for students, faculty, staff, stakeholders and the community through an online research journal forum. 
LCSC 6th Annual Research Symposium Program - 2012
MasterFILE Premier
MasterFILE Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags.

Funded by LiLI
Reference Universe
Includes index terms and article titles to both electronic and print reference works. Over 20,000 reference works are now represented in the database.
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Safari Books Online
Safari Books Online provides access to e-reference library of technology and business books.  The LCSC Library subscribes to a sub-set of 75 ebook titles.

WorldCat
A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world.  Materials can be requested through inter-library loan.

Funded by LiLI
Business
Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier features the full text for more than 2,100 journals. Full text is provided back to 1965, and searchable cited references back to 1998.  Non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

Funded by LiLI
ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds and locate people. The database provides real-time access to more than 20 Million Businesses, 222 Million Consumers, U.S. New Businesses, and U.S. New Homeowners and Movers.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides full text for nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications (including titles from Crain Communications).

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RIA Checkpoint
Access fully integrated tax, accounting, auditing and corporate finance content - including primary source materials and expert analysis.
Small Business Reference Center
Small Business Reference Center offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.

Funded by LiLI
Standard and Poor's Net Advantage
Provides business and investment information.
Education
ERIC
Contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

Funded by LiLI
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Information Science & Technology Abstracts is a leading database in the areas of information science. Subject coverage includes classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication, electronic publishing, and more. ISTA indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field.

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MAS Ultra: School Edition
This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for nearly 500 popular high school  magazines including America's Civil War, American Heritage, American History, Archaeology, Astronomy, Bioscience, Careers & Colleges, Civil War Times, Congressional Digest, Discover, History Today, Nation, National Review, New Republic, New Scientist, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American, Smithsonian, World War II, etc.

Funded by LiLI
Middle Search Plus

Middle Search Plus contains full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia; American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition from Houghton Mifflin; Encyclopedia of Animals; and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.


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Novelist K-8
NoveList K-8 contains information on fiction books for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. Updated weekly, NoveList K-8 is the starting place for learning about the books that you and your students need and will want to read.

Funded by LiLI

Primary Search
Primary Search contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, which provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. This database also provides the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.


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Professional Development Collection
Professional Development Collection provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice.  Includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education, Theory Into Practice, and nearly 520 high-quality education journals. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

Funded by LiLI
Scout - PBS Learning Media
Scout - PBS Learning Media provides instant access to thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including videos and interactives perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard, plus audio and photos, and even in-depth lesson plans. PBS Learning Media is free for educators.
Teacher Reference Center
Teacher Reference Center contains journal information for K-12 teachers and librarians. This bibliographic database provides coverage on topics such as Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.  Includes indexing and abstracts for more than 260 periodicals, indexing for 1,300 book chapters, and 96% of the journals indexed are peer-reviewed.

Funded by LiLI
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topic discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 60,000 articles from nearly 470 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

Funded by LiLI
World Book Web
World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related web sites.

Funded by LiLI
Health & Science
Alt HealthWatch
Alt HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full-text articles for more than 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, California Journal of Oriental Medicine, European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society, Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and many others.

Funded by LiLI
AGRICOLA
AGRICOLA contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. This database contains more than 4.8 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.

Funded by LiLI
BioOne
BioOne is an Internet-based collection of electronic journals in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Articles in BioOne are full text, and include all illustrations and links from the original printed articles. BioOne journals are published by scholarly societies, museums and other organizations, many of which are members of the American Institute for Biological Sciences.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL Plus provides indexing for more than 4,300 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with coverage dating as far back as 1937.Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL Plus covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision making.  Cochrane Reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions.  The Cochrane Library consists of seven databases and is used by a broad range of people interested in Evidence-Based Health Care, including consumers, clinicians, policy-makers, researchers, educators, students and others.
Computer Source
Computer Source contains nearly 300 full-text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. Provides a balance of full-text technical journals and full-text consumer computer titles.

Funded by LiLI
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is the single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.

Funded by LiLI
GeoRef
Produced by the American Geological Institute, this database is a comprehensive geoscience database containing over 2.6 million bibliographic records from more than 3,000 journals and other sources.
GreenFILE
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. This database’s collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.  The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 468,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 5,500 records.

Funded by LiLI
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Vegetarian Times, and many others. This database also includes searchable full text for current health-related pamphlets and nearly 130 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society.

Funded by LiLI
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health includes 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.

Funded by LiLI
MedicLatina
MedicLatina is a unique collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers.  This Spanish language database contains the complete table of contents and PDF full text for 130 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish. Topics include neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology. Titles include Revista Medica del IMSS, Revista Mexicana de Patologia Clinica, Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Archivos de Neurociencias, Revista Biomedica, Veterinaria Mexico, Salud Publica de Mexico, ACIMED, and more.

Funded by LiLI
MEDLINE
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)  indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.

Funded by LiLI
PNAS Online
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA Online includes the full text plus the figures, tables, equations, and references of  articles in PNAS dating back through 1996.  Campus access, only
PubMed
National Library of Medicine's search service provides access to 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals).
Safari Books Online

Safari Books Online provides access to e-reference library of technology and business books.  The LCSC Library subscribes to a sub-set of 75 ebook titles.

Web of Science
Web of Science provides multidisciplinary and comprehensive coverage of the sciences.  The unique citation mapping tool affords the ability to trace research topics to analyze trends.  Only peer-reviewed journals are indexed.
Humanities
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Covers research and reference of the communication discipline. Provides cover-to-cover (“core”) indexing and abstracts for over 390 journals, and selected (“priority”) coverage of 200 more, for a combined coverage of nearly 600 titles. Includes full text for more than 285 journals.
Gale Literary Index
Find which Gale literature series include entries on an author.  Search for the title of a literary work to see who wrote it and/or where it's discussed in Gale's literature criticism series.
Literature Resource Center
Full-text literature resources from Gale, a publisher renowned for the quality of their works.  The resources include journal articles, literary criticism, and author biographical information
MLA International Bibliography
Provides a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers.
NoveList
NoveList, a readers' advisory service, not only provides access to information on 155,000 fiction titles, but it also offers a wide range of feature content to serve fiction readers of all ages.  Includes author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more.

Funded by LiLI
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Religion & Philosophy Collection is a comprehensive database covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

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Social Sciences
Abstracts in Social Gerontology
Abstracts in Social Gerontology includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other key areas of relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 32,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources.
Child Development & Adolescent Studies
Child Development & Adolescent Studies,
produced by NISC, is today’s source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. Book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed. More than 336,000 records are included with over 10,000 new records added each year.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full-Text
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text includes bibliographic records and full text covering essential areas related to criminal justice and criminology. The increasing globalization of criminology is reflected in this resource with full-text coverage of hundreds of journals from around the world.
European Views of the Americas:  1493 to 1750
The database is derived from the seminal reference work European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750. Commonly known as the Alden-Landis bibliography (after the co-editors John Alden and Dennis Landis), the reference work features works produced in Europe that make some mention of the discovery and emerging awareness of the Americas. The work is arranged in chronological order across six volumes.  The database is searchable by every category of information found within the printed volumes.
History Cooperative
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his nonprofit humanities resource offers top-level online history scholarship. Besides full text, the site also contains collateral content, including multimedia elements that could not be reproduced in the print versions of some articles.
Legal Collection
Legal Collection offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more.  Full text contained in this database includes:American Journal of Criminal Law, California Law Review and many more.

Funded by LiLI
Military & Government Collection
Military & Government Collection offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. Provides full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 400 journals. Publications covered in this database include Air Force Comptroller, Defence Studies, JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Military Technology, Combat Edge, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Foreign Affairs, Naval Forces, and many more.

Funded by LiLI
NCJRS Abstracts Database
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of the more than 195,000 criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse resources housed in the NCJRS Library collection.  (Please request full-text documents from the LCSC Library.)
PsycINFO
Contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.

Funded by LiLI
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Religion & Philosophy Collection is a comprehensive database covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Funded by LiLI
SocINDEX with Full Text
Contains full text for 344 "core" coverage of social science journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals. Also includes full text for more than 700 books and monographs, and full text for 6,800 conference papers.
Social Work Abstracts
Extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1977. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems.
Westlaw - Campus Research
Online legal research service provides quick, easy access to West's vast collection of statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, as well as current news articles and business information.
General
Auto Repair Reference Center
Contains the complete automotive repair manuals that were originally published in the Chilton Total Car Care Series.

Funded by LiLI
HeritageQuest
The HeritageQuest collection includes federal census records, source documents, and indexes. The collection is rich with demographic and genealogical detail.

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Learning Express Library
Online test prep materials for K-12, GED, College Prep, College Students, Jobs & Careers, Job Search & Workplace Skills, Skill Building for Adults, U.S. Citizenship, etc.  Users register for the first time, then login as a return user every time after that.
Vocational & Career Collection
Vocational & Career Collection provides full-text coverage for more than 340 trade and industry related periodicals including Modern Machine Shop, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Reeves Journal, Restaurant Business, Advertising Age, and many more.

Funded by LiLI
Newspapers
Idaho Press-Tribune 
Daily news and searchable archive covering Nampa ID, Caldwell ID, and western Treasure Valley. Online access information
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Idaho Statesman
Daily news and searchable archive covering Ada and Canyon Counties.
Lewiston Morning Tribune    1893 - Present
LCSC Library use only.
Moscow/Pullman Daily News
Daily selections from this paper located 30 miles north of Lewiston ID and Clarkston, WA.
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selective full text for more than 330 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.

Funded by LiLI

ProQuest Digital Microfilm

Retrieve, view, print and email specially digitized images from New York Times – Late Edition (East Coast) and Wall Street Journal – Eastern Edition.  Dates covered:  2008-11.

SeattleTimes
Search "Top Stories" beginning February 1996. Online access information.
Spokesman Review
Daily news and searchable archive covering Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and the Inland Northwest.  Online access information.
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Lewis-Clark State College, Library, 500 8th Avenue, Lewiston, ID 83501, U.S.A.

 

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