Descriptions for Magazine/Newspaper/Journal Databases

AP Images
More than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics can be searched by date, place and subject. More than 800 photographs are added to the archive daily.

Business Source Premier (Select link under Business heading.)
Provides full text articles from general business magazines, trade publications, business journals and business publications with an international scope. Some titles start as far back as 1985 and more than 200 journals have PDF full text materials back to 1965 or first issue published. Over 10,000 company profiles are included. Topics include accounting, management, marketing, economics, finance, international business and more. Click here for an online tutorial from the James V. Brown Library.

Consumer Health Complete
Covers all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine. Zooms in on topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, men’s & women's health, and children's health. Includes a collection of high-quality consumer health encyclopedias & reference books, thousands of evidenced-based full text health reports, pamphlets, brochures, and more.

EBSCOhost
Comprehensive online resources ranging from general reference collections to subject-specific databases, particularly in the fields of health, business, and education.

ERIC (Select link under Education heading.)
The Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides full text of 2,200 digests in addition to citations and abstracts from over 980 education or education-related journals.

Health Source - Consumer Edition (Select link under Health/Science heading.) Search for information on medicine, food and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Over 200 general health publications and more than 190 journals can be searched, including Consumer Reports on Health and Men’s Health. Click here for an online tutorial from the James V. Brown Library.

Health Source: Nursing/Acad. Edition (Select link under Health/Science heading.) Full text articles from nearly 600 medical journals are provided. Abstracts and indexing is available from nearly 850 medical journals.

Historical New York Times
The database covers The New York Times from its first issue in 1851 through 2003. To see a complete article, just click on the title in a list of search results, and the system displays the image of the full article. You can also access the complete image (in pdf format) of any page in any issue or even browse the database and scan individual issues page by page.

History Reference Center (Select link under General Reference heading.)
750 history reference books and encyclopedias, and cover-to-cover full text from nearly 60 history magazines; 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 12,000 historical photos and maps; and 87 hours of historical film and video.
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New York Times, The
2000 to Current. Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.

Newspaper Source (Scroll down in the EBSCOhost Web.)
Selected full text from 25 national and international newspapers, 200 regional (US) newspapers, television and radio news transcripts.

Philadelphia Inquirer
1981-Current. Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.

Professional Development Collection and ERIC (Scroll down on the EBSCO "Select Service" page.) PDC is designed for professional educators, with 550 full text journals included in the collection; the Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides full text of 2,200 digests in addition to citations and abstracts from over 980 education or education-related journals.

Regional Business News (Select link under Business heading.)
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Searchasaurus
Suggested for children, this resource includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches for primary and middle school grade levels, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags. A good homework resource.

SIRS Discoverer
Includes full text articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level –Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource. Click here for an online tutorial from the James V. Brown Library.