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| Database | Content | Coverage | |
| A to Z Maps Online *New! | 60,000+ Maps | - | |
| ABI Inform | Full text articles from
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| Academic OneFile | Full text articles from scholarly journals (more about this Database // fact sheet-search help) | 1980-Present | |
| Access World News *new | Full text of over 2,800 International and National newspapers | varies | |
| ACLS History E Book Project | Full text-online books of historical importance | varies | |
| ACM Digital Library | Full text from the Association for Computing Machinery | varies | |
| ACS Publications | Full text from the American Chemical Society | 1879-Present | |
| African American Experience | "Full text digital resource exploring the history & culture of African Americans" | - | |
| African American Studies Center | Full text-The online authority on the African American experience (more about OAASC) | - | |
| AGRICOLA | Materials relating to agriculture | 1970-Present | |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | varies | |
| America: History & Life | Coverage of life & times in the U.S. & Canada | 1964-Present | |
| American History Online | Full text biographies, time lines, maps, images & primary documents | varies | |
| ASTA | science & technology literature | 1983-Present | |
| Article 1st | indexes 12,500 journals | 1990-Present | |
| Art Abstracts | Leading art publications | 1984-Present | |
| Arts & Humanities Search | Citation index of the arts | 1980-Present | |
| Bay City Times | Full text of Bay City Times Newspaper | 9/04-Present | |
| Biological Abstracts | Abstracts from biology journals (10 user limit) | 2000-Present | |
| BioDigest | Non-tech digests in bioscience | 1989-Present | |
| Biography & Genealogy Master Index | This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased. (more about this database // search tips ) | - | |
| Biography Index | Guide to biographical info | 1984-Present | |
| Biology & Agriculture | Leading Bio/Agriculture pubs | 1983-Present | |
| Book Review Digest | Book Reviews | 1983-Present | |
| Books In Print | Bowker's Books In Print (includes reviews) | varies | |
| Business & Company ASAP | Full Text information on companies, markets and industries from business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles. | 1980-Present | |
| Business & Company Resource Center | Full Text info on company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company & industry articles. (more about this database // search tips // sources) | varies | |
| Business Dateline | Regional business | 1985-Present | |
| Business Management | Management issues and business practices | 1995-Present | |
| Business Organizations | Business & Industry Orgs | Current Year |
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| CAMIO | Catalog of Art Museum Images Online provides high-quality art images for education, research and enjoyment. Content is rights-cleared for educational use. more about this database | - |
| CCH Tax Research Network | Full text of federal & state tax code. (click ENTER TO LOGIN & use SVSU email) | varies |
| Chilton Library | Full text-represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. | - |
| CINAHL Plus with Full Text | Full text of over 600,000 articles from more than 560 CINAHL indexed journals | 1937-Present |
| Cochrane Library | Full text health care reviews-3 users | 1988-Present |
| Cochrane Library by Topic | Browse abstracts by topic (includes web sites) | 1988-Present |
| Computer Database | Full text articles covering computer technology | 1980-Present |
| Communication Abstracts | Index to communication journals | 1977-Present |
| Contemp Women's Issues | Current Women's issues index | 1992-Present |
| CQ Researcher | Full text articles on current issues | 1991-Present |
| CQ Weekly | Full text federal legislation | 1983-Present |
| Criminal Justice Periodicals Index | more than 80 full text titles from an index of 240 CJ journals | 1981-Present |
| CultureGrams | Full text Country Studies | varies |
| Detroit FreePress | article abstracts | 1982-Present |
| Detroit News | Full text articles from the News (select before search) | 1999-Present |
| Dictionary of National Biography | Full text-An illustrated collection of more than 56,600 specially written biographies of the men and women from around the world who shaped all aspects of Britain's past | - |
| Disclosure | Financial Company Reports | 1986-Present |
| Dissertations Abstracts | Index to Dissertations | 1861-Present |
| DOAJ | Full text articles from Online only scholary journals | varies |
| ECO | Full text requires Adobe pdf | 1995-Present |
| EconLit | Index to economic literature | 1969-Present |
| EDGAR-SEC Reports-Internet | Company annual reports | 1993-Present |
| Education Abstracts | Index to Education articles | 1983-Present |
| Educators Reference Complete | 450 full-text academic journals. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. (more about this database // fact sheet-search help // title list ) | 1980-Present |
| ERIC (FirstSearch) | Index to education journals | 1966-Present |
| ERIC (CSA) | Index to education journals | 1966-Present |
| ERIC (Internet) | Journal Articles & reports in education | 1966-Present |
| ERIC_Digests | Full text education reports now accessed through ERIC databases | 1992-Present |
| ERIC Documents | Full text now accessed through ERIC databases | 1993-Present |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | Full text-hum,soc sciences, sci & technology articles | 1980-Present |
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| FirstSearch | Database of Databases-some full text | varies |
| FindArcticles/BNET.com -Internet | Full text articles from Journals & Magazines | varies |
| Gale Power Search | Full text from 41 different Gale Databases | 1990-Present |
| Gale Virtual Reference | Full text database of encyclopedias (Biology, Medicine, Cancer, Genetics, Small Business, Science, Pop Culture) | 1999-2006 |
| GenSciAbs | Leading general science journals | 1984-Present |
| General Business File ASAP | Full text articles regarding company information | 1980-Present |
| General OneFile (formally known as InfoTrac) | Full text for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. (more about this database // fact sheet-search help // title list ) | 1980-Present |
| General Reference Center Gold | Full text to general interest magazines, business periodicals, reference books, maps, & newspaper articles. (more about this database // fact sheet-search help // title list) | 1980-Present |
| GEOBASE | Geography & geology literature | 1980-Present |
| Global Road Warrior *New! | The Ultimate Guide to the World-Country Studies | - |
| Google Scholar | Search Zahnow Library for Books & Articles (help) | - |
| GPO | U.S. Government Publications via Firstsearch | 1976-Present |
| GPO Access | U.S. Govt. publications via the Internet | 1994-Present |
| Grand Rapids Press | Full text articles (select before search) | 8/1/2000-present |
| GreenFile | database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. some full texthttp://www.greeninfoonline.com/ | - |
| Harpweek | Full text issues from the Civil War to the early Gilded Age | 1857-1889 |
| Hand Book Press | a unique and growing catalog of European printing in the early modern era or “hand-press period” (15th century to 1830) | - |
| Health & Wellness Resource Center | Full text articles & health information | 1980-Present |
| Health Reference Center-Academic | Full text-academic health related articles (more about this database // fact sheet-search help // title list) | 1980-Present |
| HeritageQuest Online | Full text Census data from 1790-1930 & local and family history resources (about HQO // search tips // examples) | - |
| Historical New York Times | Full text-Proquest | 1851-2004 |
| History E Book Project | Full text- books of major importance to historical studies | varies |
| Hoover's Company Records- Use WestLaw | Use Westlaw Campus Research Database for Full text- coporate data & industry analysis | varies |
| HSTM (History of Science, Technology & Medicine) | an international bibliography for the history of science, technology and medicine | - |
| Humanities Abstracts | Index of articles from the humanities | 1984-Present |
| CREATE ACCOUNT Instuctions ICPSR *New* | The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the World's largest archive of computer readable social sciences data | - |
| IEEE Xplore | Full text of all society publications and conference proceedings since 1998. (periodicals list) (more info) | 1998-Present |
| Index to Legal Periodicals | Index to legal journals & books | varies |
| Informe! | Full text for Spanish Language resources | - |
| InfoTrac Agriculture Collection | Full text collection of nearly 200 titles focused on agriculture and related fields. | - |
| InfoTrac Communications and Mass Media Collection | Full text colllection of more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field | - |
| InfoTrac Criminal Justice Collection | Full text to 150 journals covering CJ & legal topics. | - |
| InfoTrac Custom Newspapers | Full text collection of U.S. and World newspapers | - |
| InfoTrac Diversity Studies Collection | Full text social science, history and liberal arts collection-150 journals. | 1981-Present |
| InfoTrac Environmental Studies & Policy Collection | Full text collection of nearly 200 journals covering environmental issues & policies | - |
| InfoTrac Fine Arts & Music Collection | 100 Full-Text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM. | - |
| InfoTrac Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection | Full Text of nearly 50 journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscapting, and other areas of horticulture. | - |
| InfoTrac Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Collection | Full Text journals provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture. | - |
| InfoTrac General Science Collection | Full Text from over 200 journals to stay current on the latest scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced math, and nanotechnology | - |
| InfoTrac Home Improvement Collection | Full text of nearly 100 home-improvement focused titles | - |
| InfoTrac Information Science & Library Issues Collection | Comprised of full text content from nearly 100 leading industry journals | - |
| InfoTrac Insurance & Liability Collection | Full text of nearly 40 journals, takes a broad view of the insurance and liability industry | - |
| InfoTrac Nursing & Allied Health Collection | Full text from nearly 400 titles-current and authoritative content useful to both nursing professionals & students | - |
| InfoTrac Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection | Full text of over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine | - |
| InfoTrac Pop Culture Collection | 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. | - |
| InfoTrac War & Terrorism Collection | 100 full text periodicals for studying conflicts and their multiple causes. | - |
| InfoTrac World History Collection | 40 full text journals covering both the current thought and events in World History | - |
| InfoTrac Psychology Collection | 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals | - |
| InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy Collection | Collection provides coverage of different religions & philosophies. 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals | - |
| InfoTrac Small Business Collection | 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals for business schools and entrepreneurs | - |
| InfoTrac Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection | Nearly 500 full-text journals focused on historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field | - |
| InfoTrac U.S. History Collection | Over 40 journals that provide balanced coverage on current thought and events in US History | - |
| Joanna Briggs Institute | Full text Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries, and Best Practice Information Sheets for nursing and the allied health professions | - |
| JSTOR | Full text requires Adobe pdf | varies |
| Junior Edition | Over 330 full text titles designed for students in junior high and middle school. | - |
| Kid's Edition | Full text database for K-12 schools | varies |
| Kid's Infobits | Full text for students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 | varies |
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| Lansing State Journal | Access Pending as of 7.31.09 | 1999-Present | |
| Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts | Theoretical and applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, speech therapy | 1973-Present | |
| Learning Express Library | Test prep web site (SAT,ASVAB,EMS...) (must create a login and password to use) | varies | |
| LegalTrac | Full text law reviews and articles | 1980-2004 | |
| Library Literature | Index to librarianship materials | 1980-Present | |
| LISTA | Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts | 1980-Present | |
| Literature Online | Full text from over 120 literature journals | varies | |
| Maps from Newsbank | Maps of the World! | ???? | |
| MathSciNet | Full text article reviews | 1940-Present | |
| MEDLINE | Abstracts from medical journals | 1965-Present | |
| MediaMark | Full text (must register for free account & use SVSU email) | 2003 | |
| MEDLINE-Internet | Medline's Internet version | 1950's-Present | |
| Mental Measurements Yearbook (4 simultaneous users) | Full text reviews of tests from the Mental Measurements Yearbook | varies | |
| Michigan Authors | Search for brief biographical info about MI authors | ???? | |
| Michigan County Histories | Full text of county histories and atlases | 1866-1926 | |
| Michigan Sources (Newspapers) | Full text of MI newspapers & sources | varies | |
| Midland Daily News | Full text of Midland Daily News | 6/02-Present | |
| Military & Intelligence Database | Full text from of over 400 journals covering the past and current state of military affairs. | - | |
| MLA | Modern Language Association index | 1923-Present | |
| MLA (Chadwyck) | Modern Language Association index | 1884-Present | |
| MLA Directory of Periodicals | Info about Periodicals indexed in MLA | - | |
| Monthly Catalog-Internet | Index to U.S. govt docs | 1994-Present | |
| National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse | Citations to articles, books, reports and other documents related to child abuse and neglect | ???? | |
| NCJRS Abstracts | Search abstracts from publications/reports from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Web Site | - | |
| NetLibrary | Online E-books | varies | |
| Newsbank- Access World News | Full text of over 2,800 international & National Newspapers | varies | |
| Newsbank- America's News Magazines | Full text of 29 popular magazines | varies | |
| Newsbank- Bay City Times | Full text of the Bay City Times | 2004-Present | |
| Newsbank- Major Metro Newspapers | Full text of 20 major U.S. Metro Newspaers | varies | |
| Newsbank- Michigan Sources | F ull text of 39 Michigan Newspapers & Sources | varies | |
| Newsbank- Midland Daily News |
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| Newsbank-NewsFile SEE Newsbank-U.S. Newspapers | newspaper & newswire articles | 1992-Present | |
| Newsbank-Maps | Maps of the World! | ???? | |
| Newsbank- Saginaw News | Full text of Saginaw News | 11/98-Present | |
| Newsbank- U.S. Newspapers | Full text of over 1,300 U.S. newspapers | varies | |
| Newspapers (National) | Index and abstracts to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today | varies | |
| New York Review of Books | Full Text Books reviews | - | |
| New York Times-Current | Full text-InfoTrac (current year and back to 1995) | 1995-Present | |
| New York Times-Historical | Full text-Proquest | 1851-2004 | |
| NoveList | find the next best fiction book to read (more about this database) // (search tips & features) | - | |
| Nursing Journals-Internet | Full text Nursing e-journal articles | 1996-Present |
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| Opposing Viewpoints | Full Text essays on various issues/topics | varies |
| OT BibSys Logon=zahnow Password=699MJZ | Occupational Therapy Index | varies |
| Oxford African American Studies Center | Full text-The online authority on the African American experience (more about OAASC) | - |
| Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | Full text-An illustrated collection of more than 56,600 specially written biographies of the men and women from around the world who shaped all aspects of Britain's past | - |
| Oxford English Dictionary (OED) | Full text-The accepted authority on the evolution of the English Language (more about the OED) | - |
| Papers First | Index of conference papers | 1993-Present |
| Periodical Abstracts | Multi-subject periodicals index available via ProQuest Research Library | 1987-Present |
| Philosopher's Index | Covers philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, logic, aesthetics | 1940-Present |
| PILOTS | Post-Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events | 1871-Present |
| Plunkett Research | Full Text Industry statistics, trends, analysis of top companies | - |
| Population Index-Internet | Population Studies research | 1986-2000 |
| Proceedings | Conference proceedings index | 1993-Present |
| Project Muse | Full text-Humanities | 1994-Present |
| ProQuest | Full text search multiple ProQuest Databases | 1971-Present |
| ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health | Full text articles, research from Nursing & health related periodicals. Includes Joanna Briggs Inst. | - |
| PsycArticles (CSA) | Full text of nearly 50 top psychology publications | - |
| PsycFirst | available through PsycINFO | current year & past 3 years |
| PsycINFO (CSA) | Summaries from journals, books, etc from Psyc & related fields (more about PsycINFO) (journal title list) (help guide) | - |
| PsycJournals | Full text artilces from top psychology and related publications (600+ journal title list-400+full text) | - |
| Reader's Guide Abstracts | Popular magazine abstracts | 1983-Present |
| Research Library | Full text articles from multi-subject periodicals (ProQuest) | 1971-Present |
| Resources for College Libraries (RCLWeb) | As the premier core list for academic libraries, RCL is the result of a unique collaboration between Choice, a publishing division of ACRL, and bibliographic authority Bowker. RCL is considered the long-awaited successor to the third edition of Books for College Libraries, published in 1988. | - |
| RILM-Music Abstracts | Abstracts from Music Literature | 1967-Present |
| Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online | Full text resource for researching, teaching and studying in the philosophy arena and related disciplines | - |
| Routledge Reference Resources | Full text reference resources covering international politics and realations | - |
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| Saginaw News | Full Text of Saginaw News | 11/98-Present |
| Science Direct | Full Text requires Adobe pdf | varies |
| one time new user registration instructions | - | |
| SCIPIO: Art & Rare Book Database | Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs | - |
| SGPL obituary database | Index to Saginaw Obituaries | 1800's-Present |
| SIRS Discoverer | Recommended for: K-9. All full text. A children's database of articles, books, video, audio on all topics | - |
| SIRS Renaissancevia MEL | Recommended for: High school, College and University. Multi topic database of full text | - |
| SIRS Researcher | Social Science research index | 1988-Present |
| SMART Imagebase | Scientific & Medical ART images and animations | - |
| SocialSciAbstracts | Abstracts to articles in the social sciences | 1983-Present |
| Social Services Abstracts | Abstracts covering social work, social welfare, etc... | 1980-Present |
| Sociological Abstracts | Abstracts on all aspects of sociology | 1963-Present |
| SpringerLink | Full text academic journals | varies |
| STAT-USA & NTDB | Full text business statistics | varies |
| Student Edition | 1100 full text titles, from resources designed for high-school students | |
| SVSU Archives Index | Index to Valley Vanguard, Interior & Board of Control Minutes | varies |
| Tales Online ! | a full text database of folktales, fairytales, myths of indigenous peoples, legends, sagas, and fables of world cultures | - |
| Teacher Reference Center | index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books | - |
| Twentieth Century North American Drama | Full text from "834 plays by 124 playwrights, also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays" | - |
| United States Code | Full text of current public laws | 1776-Present |
| United States Sup.Crt. Dec (current & historical) | Full text current, recent, & 300 historic decisions | - |
| Ulrichs Web | Information about Peiodicals. | - |
| Wall Street Journal | Index to articles from WSJ | 1984-Present |
| WestLaw Campus Research | Full text Federal/State Legal, Business & News resources | - |
| What Do I Read Next? | Over 130,600 recommended titles, more than 72,900 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures | - |
| Wilson Business | Index to business periodicals | 1986-Present |
| WilsonSelectPlus | Full text social science articles | 1994-Present |
| World Almanac | Online version- full text | 1998-Present |
| WorldCat | Books & materials in libraries | before 1000 BC-Present |
| WorldCat Dissertations & Theses | Dissertations & Theses indexed in WorldCat | varies |
| Worldscope | Int. financial reports-full text | current data |
| Worldwide Pol Sci Abstracts | Abstracts from political science journals | 1975-Present |