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General, Interdisciplinary, and Newspapers
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Academic Search Premier EBSCO

Partial

World's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing for all 8,040 journals in the collection.
Books in Print
Citation
Subscription database with information about more than 2 million books and addresses for more than 100,000 publishers.
Chicago Tribune
Full
Full text coverage from 1996. For coverage from 1985 to present see ProQuest NewsStand
CQ Researcher
Full Text

Provides in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Including pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions, it is useful for term papers, debates, and speeches.

CQ Weekly
Full Text
Covers Congress, politics, and public policy. Includes roll call votes, floor action, Supreme Court decisions, and election coverage. Online reports from 1983 to the present.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Full
This service covers full text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It strives to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 1148 journals in the directory arranged by subject.
Digital Dissertations
Abstract only
Dissertations in the Dissertation Abstracts database with a degree date of 2003 or 2004. (ProQuest)
EBSCO Host Research Databases
Partial
Collection of databases including Academic Premier, MasterFile Premier, Business Source Premier, and Regional Business News.
Fiction Connection
Full
Allows readers to find books they will enjoy by typing in a title of a book they already love or to browse book titles by selecting a topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.
FirstGov.gov
Full
The official U.S. gateway to all government information

FirstSearch
Catalog Record
From OCLC, access to WorldCat, the largest world- wide union catalog
InfoTrac
Partial
Databases for K-12 libraries, Spanish-langauage databases (Consulta & Informe), and the Professional Collection for educators.
MasterFILE Premier EBSCO

Partial

Provides full text for more than 2,050 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. Includes biographies, book reviews, travel books, and an image gallery.

New York Times

Full
Full text articles, from 1995 to present. (from ProQuest)
NewsStand
Partial
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. (from ProQuest)
ProQuest
Partial
Collection of indexes: Criminal Justice Periodicals, Wilson's Education Abstracts Plus Text, ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest Psychology Journals, PsycArticles, PsycINFO, Religious Periodicals, and Newstand Complete (full text coverage of national and international newspapers including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal). Many full text articles here. Searches can be limited to scholarly journals.
Wall Street Journal
Full
Full text articles, from 1984 to present. (from ProQuest)
Web Library
Partial
Access to free, high-quality journal articles across many disciplines

Winona Newspaper Project
Full
Online archive of three late 19th century and early 20th century Winona newspapers. Includes available issues of the Winona Argus, the Winona Daily Republican and the Winona Republican Herald.
WorldCat
Catalog Record
From OCLC, access to WorldCat, the largest world- wide union catalog with over 55,000 member libraries.
Link to selected websites for general reference sources, for media communications

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The Arts--Art and Design, Music, Theater Arts
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Access
Full Text
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Academic Search Premier EBSCO
Partial
World's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing for all 8,040 journals in the collection.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Full
This service covers full text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It strives to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 2044 journals in the directory arranged by subject.
FirstSearch
Partial
From OCLC, search WorldCat, world-wide union catalog
JSTOR
Full
More than 100 academic, peer-reviewed journals indexed, all full text articles.

New York Times

Full
Full text articles including reviews of artists and performances, from 1995 to present. (from ProQuest)

Newspapers & NewsStand

Partial
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. Full text access to the New York Times and other newspapers for articles and reviews in the arts. (from ProQuest)
Project MUSE
Full
Full-text, peer-reviewed, scholarly articles in the arts and humanities as well as the social sciences.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Abstract Only
Comprehensive, on-going guide to publications (articles, books, dissertations, reviews, and more) on music from all over the world. Contains some 400,000 entries.
Link to selected websites for art and architecture, for music, for theatre, link to the Fitzgerald Library resource page for music education

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Business and Computer Science
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Business Searching Interface (EBSCO)
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Designed for business researchers. Access to country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research (from EBSCO)
Business Source Premier EBSCO
Partial

Designed specifically for business schools and libraries, provides nearly 3,800 full text scholarly publications, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed journals. Also provides indexing and abstracts for more than 4,600 journals as well as specific company information (Company Profiles).
CQ Researcher
Full Text

Provides in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Including pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions, it is useful for term papers, debates, and speeches.

CQ Weekly
Full Text
Covers Congress, politics, and public policy. Includes roll call votes, floor action, Supreme Court decisions, and election coverage. Online reports from 1983 to the present.
EDGAR
Full
Retrieve SEC filings required for publicly-owned companies as of May, 1996.
Emerald
Partial
42,000 searchable articles from over 100 Emerald journals. Subjects covered include management, HRM, Marketing, Librarians hip, Mechanical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering.
NewsStand
Partial
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. (from ProQuest)

Regional Business News EBSCO

Partial

Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers, and news wires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
ScienceDirect
Partial
One of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical, and medical literature with a database of some 2 million articles and 59 million abstracts from all fields of science. Access to journals in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and business as well.
Value Line Investment Survey To access call reference desk for password (507) 457-1562
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Access to Value Line's Ratings and Reports, Selection and Opinions, and Summary and Index. Current week and back issues of current year available. Click on "Print Subscriber Services" and enter User Name and Password (Ask at the Reference Desk for user name and password).
Wall Street Journal
Full
Full text articles, from 1984 to current. (from ProQuest)
World Factbook CIA
Full
Country information - demographics, economies, climate, geography, government, military, and more.

Link to selected websites for business and economics, for computer science, link to the Fitzgerald Library Resource Page for Business and Marketing

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Education
Index Title
Access
Full Text
Description
Academic Search Premier EBSCO

Partial

World's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. Provides access to over 900 education journals.
ERIC
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Journals in Education, Resources in Education
InfoTrac
Partial
Contains databases for K-12 libraries, Spanish-langauage databases (Consulta & Informe), and the Professional Collection for educators (full text access to over 300 education journals).
NewsStand
Partial
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. (from ProQuest)
Professional Collection
Partial
Access to over 300 full-text journals for educators. (from InfoTrac)
ProQuest Education Journals
Partial
Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database covers almost 400 leading journals in the field. 1988-present. (from ProQuest )
Psychology Journals (ProQuest)
Full
Access to full text articles from 400 journals in psychology and related fields including educational psychology. Coverage from 1992-present. From the opening screen click on the "Continue" button to access. (from ProQuest)
ScienceDirect
Partial
Access to quality education journals. To begin your search, click on the "Search" button and then select "Social Science" in the Subject Menu
Teacher Reference Center
Citation Only
EBSCO's Teacher Reference Center (TRC) contains journal information for K-12 teachers and librarians.
Wilson's Education Abstracts Plus Text (ProQuest)
Partial
Indexes 820 journals in the field of education, many full text articles, excellent resource for education students. (from ProQuest)
Link to selected websites for education, link to the Fitzgerald Library resource page for education, for music education

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Humanities--English, History, Modern & Classical Languages, Philosophy, Theology
Index Title
Access
Full Text
Description
Academic Search Premier EBSCO

Partial

World's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing for all 8,040 journals in the collection.
ATLA/S (American Theological Library Association)
Partial
ATLA/S is the premier scholarly tool for researching theological perspectives on history, the humanities and the social sciences, as well as biblical studies, world religions and church history.
CPLI (Catholic Periodical and Literature Index)
Citations only
Covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, and includes over 370,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers
Fiction Connection
Full Text
Allows readers to find books they will enjoy by typing in a title of a book they already love or to browse book titles by selecting a topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.
FirstSearch
Partial
From OCLC, access to WorldCat, the largest world- wide union catalog.

Informe

Full
Access to hispanic magazines with full text. (from InfoTrac)
HarpWeek
Full
This searchable database includes the full text of Harper's Weekly and provides a continuous record of what happened on a weekly basis from 1857 through 1912. The first segment includes the Civil War Era: 1857-1865. The next two cover Reconstruction: 1866-1871 and 1872-1877. The last six encompass the Gilded Age: 1878-1912. Covers much of the social, political and economic history of the United States during this period.
JSTOR
Full
More than 100 academic, peer-reviewed journals indexed, all full text articles.
Literature Resource Center
Partial
Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes a link to MLA database.
Litfinder
Full
Access to poems, short stories, plays, speeches, essays, and biographies of literary figures.
MasterFILE Premier EBSCO

Partial

General refernce source that includes biographies and 5,000 full-text McGill book reviews.
MLA International Bibliography
Partial
Indexes journals in the fields of literature, linguistics, and folklore from 1963 to the present date.
New Testament Abstracts
Partial
A product of a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, this database has become an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. Contains more than 38,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 13,500 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts.

Newspapers & NewsStand

Partial
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. (from ProQuest)
Old Testament Abstracts
Partial
A product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association, this database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more.
Project MUSE
Full
Full-text, peer-reviewed, scholarly articles in the arts and humanities as well as the social sciences.
Religion Journals from ProQuest
Partial
Comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies. Coverage from 1986 to the present. . (from ProQuest)
Winona Newspaper Project
Full text
Online archive of three late 19th century and early 20th century Winona newspapers. Includes available issues of the Winona Argus, the Winona Daily Republican and the Winona Republican Herald.
Link to selected websites for English, for history, for languages, for philosophy, for theology, link to the Fitzgerald Library resource page for Pastoral Ministries

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Mathematics and Sciences
Index Title
Access
Full Text
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Academic Search Premier EBSCO

Partial

World's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing for all 8,040 journals in the collection.
AGRICOLA
Partial
Index to resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Although the AGRICOLA database does not contain the materials, thousands of AGRICOLA records are linked to full-text documents online.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Full
This service covers full text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It strives to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 1148 journals in the directory arranged by subject.
MEDLINE Plus
Partial
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

Newspapers & NewsStand

Partial
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. (from ProQuest)
Public Library of Science
Full
PLoS publishes peer-reviewed, open-access scientific and medical journals that include original research as well as timely feature articles.
PubChem
Partial full text
PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is a component of NIH's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative
PubMed/MEDLINE
Partial
From the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
ScienceDirect
Partial
One of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical, and medical literature with a database of some 2 million articles and 59 million abstracts from all fields of science. Access to journals in mathematics, social sciences, arts and humanities, and business as well.
science.gov
Full
Fourteen scientific and technical information organizations from ten major science agencies have collaborated to provide reliable information about science and technology from across Federal government organizations.
Link to selected websites for mathematics, for sciences general, for astronomy, for biology, for chemistry, for health and medicine,

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Physical Education and Health
Index Title
Access
Full Text
Description
Academic Search Premier EBSCO

Partial

World's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing for all 8,040 journals in the collection.

MasterFILE Premier EBSCO

Partial

MasterFILE Premier provides full text for more than 2,050 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. Includes biographies, book reviews, travel books, and an image gallery.
MEDLINE Plus
Partial
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

Newspapers & NewsStand

Partial
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. (from ProQuest)
PubMed/MEDLINE
Partial
From the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
ScienceDirect
Partial
One of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical, and medical literature with a database of some 2 million articles and 59 million abstracts from all fields of science. Access to journals in mathematics, social sciences, arts and humanities, and business as well.
science.gov
Full
Fourteen scientific and technical information organizations from ten major science agencies have collaborated to provide reliable information about science and technology from across Federal government organizations.
Link to selected websites for sports, fitness, and nutrition, for health

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Social & Behavioral Sciences--Criminal Justice, Media Communications, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
Index Title
Access
Full Text
Description
Academic Search Premier EBSCO

Partial

World's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing for all 8,040 journals in the collection.
Criminal Justice Periodicals
Partial
Collection of national and international criminal justice journals with information on law enforcement, corrections administration, family law, industrial security, rehabilitation, and more. From the opening screen click on the "Continue" button to access. (from ProQuest)
CQ Researcher
Full Text

Provides in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Including pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions, it is useful for term papers, debates, and speeches.

CQ Weekly
Full Text
Covers Congress, politics, and public policy. Includes roll call votes, floor action, Supreme Court decisions, and election coverage. Online reports from 1983 to the present.
FirstGov.gov
Full Text
The official U.S. gateway to all government information
GPO Access
Full
A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free access to a wealth of important information produced by the Federal Government. Information on all three branches of government, statistical abstracts, economic indicators, the Congressional Record, Supreme Court decisions, and much more.
JSTOR
Full
More than 100 academic, peer-reviewed journals indexed, all full text articles.
MasterFILE Premier EBSCO

Partial

MasterFILE Premier provides full text for more than 2,050 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. Includes biographies, book reviews, travel books, and an image gallery.
Newspapers and NewsStand
Partial
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. (from ProQuest)
Project MUSE
Full
Full-text, peer-reviewed, scholarly articles in the arts and humanities as well as the social sciences.
PsycARTICLES
Full
The APA Full-Text Article Database contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988 to the present. (from ProQuest)
PsycCRITIQUES
Full text
PsycCRITIQUES is a searchable database of book reviews in psychology. In each weekly release, PsycCRITIQUES will deliver approximately 20 reviews of psychological books written by subject experts, most from the current copyright year.
Psychology Journals (ProQuest)
Full
Access to full text articles from 400 journals in psychology and related fields. Coverage from 1992-present. (from ProQuest)
PsycINFO (ProQuest)
Citation/Abstract only
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association, contains over a million citations and summaries of articles from journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology and related fields (from ProQuest)
ScienceDirect
Partial
One of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical, and medical literature with a database of some 2 million articles and 59 million abstracts from all fields of science. Access to journals in mathematics, social sciences, arts and humanities, and business as well.
World Factbook CIA
Full
Country information - demographics, economies, climate, geography, government, military, and more.
Link to selected websites for criminal justice, for media communications, for political science, for psychology, for sociology, for women's issues

Link to Fitzgerald Library resource pages for sociology, for the Philanthropy and Development program

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