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star Academic Search Complete 1887 to present
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database containing full text for more than 7,100 publications, including over 6,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 11,200 journals and other publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

star LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. included company profiles. Provides citations, abstracts, full text.

star Web of Science 1988 -
Milner's subscription includes:
* Science Citation Index Expanded (1988-present)
* Social Sciences Citation Index (1988-present)
* Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1988-present)

Access the world's leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
* Navigate with cited reference searching and Author Finder
* Use the Analyze Tool to identify trends and patterns



    ArticleFirst 1990 to present
Covers more than 12,000 different journals; emphasis on indexing articles immediately upon publication. Updated daily. Provides citations.

    Newspaper Source
Provides selected articles from 143 US and international newspapers. Provides citations, abstracts, and full text.

    WorldCat
Over 36 million records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 11th century. Updated daily. Provides citations.

    Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection
A fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of over 100 dictionaries and reference works in all subject areas published by Oxford University Press. Also includes titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series. Provides full text.

Milner's subscription allows five (5) people to use this site at any time. If all connections are being used, you will see a message stating that all licenses are currently active. Try again later.

    Campus Research from Westlaw
This research service for news, business, and law-related information has been designed for students. It brings together news databases arranged geographically and topically; newswires as well as business, trade, and professional journals and publications; and law-related resources, including both primary law and analysis.

    Chicago Defender 1910-1975
The Chicago Defender, a historical African-American newspaper, provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Browse and search complete issues of newspaper, as well as obituaries. Includes the Chicago Daily Defender, the Daily Defender and weekend editions of the newspapers. Includes full text.

    Chicago Manual of Style
Encompassing the 15th and 16th editions, the Chicago Manual of Style Online offers the complete, fully searchable text of the traditional print version of The Chicago Manual of Style. Two additional files are included: Chicago Style Q&A, which is another fully searchable resource of questions and answers on citing and using the Chicago Manual of Style, and Tools, which provides help for authors preparing manuscripts for submission to the University of Chicago Press.

    Chicago Tribune (All Years) 1847 to present
The Chicago Tribune covers international and national news. Noted for extensive coverage of business news, the Tribune provides in-depth profiles of the more than 85 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the Chicago region, along with superb biographical sketches, criticism and comment of research-worthy topics, coverage of social issues, urban affairs, sports, politics and government, cultural affairs, and the important issues and events in Chicago, Illinois, and the entire Midwest. Full page images are available for every issue cover to cover and include not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements, but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements. Provides full text.

    CQ Researcher 1991 to present
Focuses on current and controversial topics. Examines all sides of the issues involved. Provides citations, full text.

    Digital Microfilm 2008 to present
Access microfilm newspapers online. Proquest Digital Microfilm collection includes the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times (Late East Coast Edition), Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) and the Washington Post (Final edition). The digital microfilm issues of the newspapers are exact facsimiles of the print edition and includes articles and advertisements.

When arriving at the site, click on "Select" to chose which newspaper to access. Each newspaper can only be searched by date and page number. Keyword searching is not available.

    Dissertations & Theses
Electronic edition of Dissertation Abstracts covering the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations from over 1,000 accredited institutions since 1861. Citations from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Free twenty-four page previews for all subjects. Full text for dissertations in the Humanities and Social Sciences are available beginning in 1997; full text for selected dissertations prior to 1997 is available based on demand and author permission. Updated monthly.

    eBooks on EBSCOhost
Formerly netLibrary, the eBooks on EBSCOhost collection includes over 1900 full text eBooks, covering a variety of subjects.

    Gale Virtual Reference Library
Includes the full text of books, encyclopedias and handbooks. Available books cover all subject areas, including art, business, history and medicine.

    Journal Citation Reports 2010-2011
Journal Citation Reports is a comprehensive and unique resource that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 11,000 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 80 countries. It covers virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences.

Citation and article counts are important indicators of how frequently current researchers are using individual journals. By tabulating and aggregating citation and article counts, JCR offers a unique perspective for journal evaluation and comparison.

The JCR is published annually in two editions. The JCR Science edition contains data about journal in science and technology. The JCR Social Sciences edition has data about journals in the social sciences.

    March of Time
The films in this collection, produced from 1935 to 1967 and shown in theaters until 1951, are from the renowned March of Time series produced by Time, Inc. The collection includes both the "issues" (newsreels) and the "films" (non-newsreels) which cover an eclectic range of topics. Topics include racism, poverty and more. Included in the content are episodes such as Atomic Power, Inside Nazi Germany and the Supreme Court. This collection is complete and contains 434 video titles.

    MasterFile 1975 -
this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and 164,424 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps & flags.

    New York Times (1851-2009) 1851-2009
The New York Times (1851-2009) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage: Sept 18,1851-Dec 31, 2009.

    OAIster
Developed by the University of Michigan Libraries, OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources. OAIster contains information on multidisciplinary resources from more than 1000 contributors worldwide.

    Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Today's increasingly complex issues are presented in a pro-and-con format in Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. With its rich content drawn from the acclaimed social issues series from Greenhaven Press as well as content from other Gale sources, this database develops and enhances critical thinking skills and provides an ideal reference source for everything from social studies projects to debate preparation.

    Points of View Reference Center
Points of View Reference Center consists essays on a possibly controversial topics. Each essay presents multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for additional study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world's top political and societal publications.

    Readers Guide to Periodical Literature 1890 to present
Provides abstracts and indexing of over 450 general-interest periodicals published in the United States. Abstracts begin in 1983. Updated monthly.

    Sage Knowledge
Formerly Sage eReference, Sage Knowledge contains full text access to reference works primarily in the social sciences that are published by Sage.

    Statistical Abstract of the United States (Proquest) 1790 to present
Provides statistical tables and charts covering various aspects of social, political, and economic life. Emphasis is on the United States, but some tables cover regions, states, cities, and comparative international statistics. Information is gathered from all agencies of the federal government and from private, commercial, and professional sources. The Statistical Abstract of the United States is designed to serve as a convenient source for statistical reference and as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. Most data are presented in time series and include the most recent year available at time of publication.

    Westlaw
This research service for news, business, and law-related information has been designed for students. It brings together news databases arranged geographically and topically; newswires as well as business, trade, and professional journals and publications; and law-related resources, including both primary law and analysis.

 
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