Access to the databases on this page is available only on-campus. To access these databases from an off-campus location, please go to the Remote Access to Electronic Databases page.
General Databases
- Academic Search Premier EBSCO
- A multi-disciplinary database, covering virtually every area of study. It offers full text for more than 4,700 scholarly journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Updated daily.
- CQ Researcher Online
- Provides the same high-quality, research-oriented reports as the CQResearcher print edition. Offers searching by keywords, topic and date.
- MAS Ultra EBSCO
- Provides full text for nearly 600 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975. It also provides the full text of more than 500 pamphlets, 268 reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
- ArticleFirst FirstSearch
- Citations to articles in more than 15,000 medical, science, technology, social science, business, humanities and popular culture journals and magazines. Some full text.
- Facts on File Issues and Controversies
- Issues and Controversies at FACTS.com presents more than 250 controversial topics in the news. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information supplement the thorough coverage of current and historical events.
- Newsbank Newsfile Herald & Review
- Divided into two files this database contains news articles covering social, economic, environmental, government, sports, health events from several newspapers from across the country and Illinois. Includes full text archives of the Decatur Herald & Review.
- ECO FirstSearch
- Citations for hundreds of journals in a variety of disciplines, all with full text articles. All titles are scholarly and have been published after 1994.
- Newspaper Source Elite EBSCO
- Provides selected full text for 25 national and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional U.S. newspapers. Updated daily.
- EBSCO Animals EBSCO
- Provides information on a variety of topics relating to animals, including indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of many animals.
- WorldAlmanac FirstSearch
- Full text of the Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia, World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac USA, World Almanac of Politics and World Almanac for Kids.
Health Sciences Databases
- Medline FirstSearch
- Citations and abstracts for articles in all areas of medicine including nursing, animal science, psychiatry and dentistry. Includes entries from print indexes International Nursing Index, Index Medicus and Index to Dental Literature. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
- Prescription Drug Information
- Drugs.com is a free drug-information service designed to help individuals better understand how medicines work: their uses, side effects and potential to interact with other medicines. The Drugs.com database is powered by four independent leading medical-information supplies: Physicians' Desk Reference, Thomson Micromedex, Cerner Multum and Wolters Kluwer Health.
- PubMed
- The PubMed electronic database is also a service of the National Library of Medicine, and includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. It also has a special search feature, Clinical Queries recently redesigned for easier use by clinicians.
- Health Source Nursing/Academic EBSCO
- This database features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals and more than 550 are scholarly full text journals from many medical disciplines. Updated daily.
- Health Source Consumer EBSCO
- A rich collection of consumer health information, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare and sports medicine. It has nearly 300 full text journals. Updated daily.
Specialized and Subject Databases
- WorldCat FirstSearch
- Worldwide online book catalog with records and holdings information from thousands of libraries around the world. Millions of records in over 400 languages.
- Statistical Abstract Online
- The online version of the Statistical Abstract contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included. In addition to the current edition, statistics back to the Colonial era also available online. All data is in PDF files.
- GPO Monthly Catalog FirstSearch
- Citations and some full text for US government information. Includes Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by the Defense, State, and Labor, departments, the Office of the President and more.
- Business Source Elite EBSCO
- This business database provides full text for 1,133 scholarly business journals. The rich collection of titles provides information dating back to 1985. Updated daily.
- Regional Business News EBSCO
- This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. It incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all from all over the United States. Updated daily.
- ERIC FirstSearch
- ERIC EBSCO
- The Educational Resource Information Center contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals and more than ERIC 2,200 digests.
- Primary Search EBSCO
- Provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines designed for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Updated daily.
- Professional Development EBSCO
- Designed for professional educators, this database provides more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles, all in full text. This database also contains more than 200 full text reports.
- Military and Government EBSCO
- Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and magazines and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 periodicals
