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TLU
Library Catalog
Provides full-text access to 28,000 e-books, links to many full-text government
documents, and bibliographic descriptions for more than 103,000 items (books,
CDs, videos, music recordings, etc.) in the library. Off-campus access to
full-text e-books requires a TLU logon.
Academic
Search Complete (EBSCO)
Provides full-text access to scholarly publications in the arts, humanities,
sciences, and social sciences.
ACS Publications (American Chemical
Society)
Provides citations, full text, and images from 39 scholarly publications of
the American Chemical Society.
AGRICOLA
(EBSCO)
AGRICultural OnLine Access contains citations to documents about agriculture
and allied disciplines (ex., veterinary and environmental science), with many
links to full-text documents.
Alt-HealthWatch
(EBSCO)
Provides full
text for 180 publications dating back to 1990, including many peer-reviewed
journals, related to complementary and alternative medicine.
America:
History and Life (EBSCO)
Provides citations to 450,000 resources on the history of the U.S. and Canada
(prehistory-present).
Annual Reviews
Provides access to citations and abstracts of reviews in the fields of
biochemistry, ecology, evolution, entomology, microbiology, psychology, and
physical chemistry.
Bibliography
of Native North Americans (EBSCO)
Provides citations to resources on native North American culture.
Business
Source Complete (EBSCO)
Provides scholarly full text and citations to publications in management,
economics, finance, accounting, and international business.
Catalog of U.S. Government
Publications (U.S. Govt. Printing Office)
Provides citations to federal publications, with links to many full-text documents
(provided by U.S. Govt. Printing Office).
Classical Music Library (Alexander Street
Press) (3 simultaneous users)
Provides classical recordings that can be listened to online; after registering,
users can buy/download tracks (usually $1 each). Also provides biographies,
images, glossary of musical terms, and concise history of musical periods.
Classical Scores Library (Alexander
Street Press)
Classical Scores Library will eventually contain 400,000 pages of classical
scores. This first release contains the compositions of 49 composers (800
complete scores), including works from the Renaissance to the 21st century.
Links to recordings available in Classical Music Library.
Communication
& Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Provides full text for about 200 journals as well as citations and abstracts
to additional journals.
Computer
Source (EBSCO)
Provides the latest information and current trends in high technology, including
full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly
450 publications.
Consumer
Health Complete (EBSCO)
Provides full-text patient information on health-related topics.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Provides full-text access to 2752 scientific and scholarly journals, 830 of
which are searchable at the article level.
EBSCO
Animals
Offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. Provides
indexing, abstracts, and full-text records describing the nature and habitat
of familiar animals.
Economia
y Negocios (EBSCO) (Spanish & Portuguese)
Provides citations to Spanish and Portuguese business and economics journals;
offers keyword searching in Spanish and English.
eLibrary Curriculum Edition (BigChalk/ProQuest)
Includes full-text periodicals, newswires, books, reference works, maps, and
photographs; coverage includes curriculum materials, literature, and art.
ERIC
(EBSCO interface)
EBSCO (U.S. Dept. of Education)
Provides many full-text documents as well as citations and abstracts to education-related
journals.
Fuente
Academica (EBSCO) (Spanish)
Provides full-text access to 200 multi-disciplinary Spanish-language scholarly
academic journals from Latin American and Spanish publishers.
Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale
Databases
Provides full-text access to all Gale databases to which the library subscribes.
Gale
Literary Databases
Provides simultaneous searching of Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary
Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Handbook
of Texas Online (Texas State Historical Association)
Provides full-text encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture (Texas
State Historical Association and UT-Austin General Libraries).
Health
& Wellness Resource Center (Gale)
Provides full-text medical/health/wellness information (from medical sources,
magazines, journals, and pamphlets) and links to appropriate Web sites.
Health
Reference Center - Academic (Gale)
Includes articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public
health, occupational health/safety, alcohol/drug abuse, HMOs, prescription
drugs, etc.
Health
Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
Provides full text to nearly 150 journals related to consumer health.
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals in many medical disciplines.
HeritageQuest
Online (ProQuest)
Provides genealogical information and many full-text documents.
Information
Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
Provides full-text, citations, and abstracts for journals, books, reports,
proceedings, and patents.
InfoTrac
Custom Newspapers (Gale)
Provides full-text articles from Austin American-Statesman, Christian Science
Monitor, Dallas Morning News, Houston chronicle, Los Angeles times, NY Times,
Times (London), Washington Post, etc.
IngentaConnect
Provides full-text access to journals to which the library subscribes, plus
abstracts and citations to thousands of scholarly journals.
Internet
and Personal Computing Abstracts (EBSCO)
Provides full text, abstracts, and citations to literature on PC products,
business developments, the Internet, the home, and applied areas.
JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection
Provides full text for complete backissues of 119 core scholarly journals
(economics, history, political science, sociology, humanities, social sciences),
with some titles from ecology, mathematics, and statistics. (Provided in honor
of Helen Martin, thanks to a grant from the Community Hospital Foundation
and proceeds from the Roland K. Blumberg Endowment Fund.)
Kids
Search (EBSCO)
Provides full-text material through a search interface designed for K-12 students
and teachers.
Legal
Collection (EBSCO)
Provides full text for nearly 250 scholarly law journals.
LexisNexis Academic Universe
Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical,
and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.
Library,
Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
Provides citations to literature related to library science, bibliometrics,
online information retrieval, and information management.
Literature
Resource Center (Gale)
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors
(novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers).
MarciveWeb
DOCS: Catalog of Government Printing Office Documents
Provides citations to U.S. government documents (1976-present), with some
full-text links.
MAS
Ultra - School Edition (EBSCO)
Provides full text to general and cultural publications, pamphlets, reference
books, biographies, primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags.
MasterFILE
Premier (EBSCO)
Provides full text for nearly 1,880 periodicals covering nearly all subjects
including general reference, business, and health.
MathSciNet (American
Mathematical Society)
Indexes the mathematical sciences literature (books and journals). Provides
full-text reviews, abstracts, and citations.
MedicLatina
(EBSCO) (Spanish)
Provides full-text coverage inSpanish to peer-reviewed medical journals and
citations to other Latin American medical publications.
MEDLINE
(EBSCO)
Provides citations to biomedical literature, with some full-text articles.
Middle
Search Plus (EBSCO)
Provides full-text access to magazines, photos, flags, and maps appropriate
for middle and junior high school students or teachers.
Military
& Government Collection (EBSCO)
Provides full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals related to military
and government.
MLA
International Bibliography (EBSCO)
Provides citations to journal articles, books, and dissertations, with links
to many full-text resources (produced by the Modern Language Association).
Natural
& Alternative Treatments (EBSCO)
Provides evidence-based full-text information on medical conditions, alternative
medicine therapies, herbs, supplements, and foods.
Newspaper
Source (EBSCO)
Provides selected full text for regional, national, and international newspapers
as well as television and radio news transcripts.
NoodleBib
(NoodleTools)
NoodleBib allows TLU students, faculty, and staff to create a bibliography,
citations for reference lists, and notes for research papers in either the
MLA or APA styles. Users must create their own ID and password when first
using NoodleBib.
Primary
Search (EBSCO)
Provides full-text magazines for elementary school students or teachers.
Professional
Development Collection (EBSCO)
Provides full text for about 550 professional education journals, 350 peer-reviewed
titles, and 200 educational reports.
ProjectMUSE
- Standard Collection
Provides full-text access to almost 300 scholarly journal titles, primarily
in the humanities and social sciences.
ProQuest
Learning: Literature
Provides full-text access to literature (medieval-present), author biographies,
criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources.
Psychology
& Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Provides full-text access to about 500 peer-reviewed titles indexed in PsycINFO,
including topics such as emotional/behavioral characteristics, psychiatry,
psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational/experimental
methods.
PsycINFO
1887-Current (EBSCO)
Provides some full text but mainly citations and abstracts of articles, book
chapters, books, reports, and dissertations. Covers psychology and related
fields (medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology,
physiology, business, and law).
PubMed
(U.S. National Library of Medicine & the National Institutes of Health)
Provides citations from MEDLINE and life science journals for biomedical articles
(1950-present), with some full-text links.
PubMed
Central (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
Provides full-text articles
from over 300 life sciences journals.
RCLweb
(Resources for College Libraries (Bowker)
Provides access to Choice Reviews and Bowker's Books for College
Libraries. Suitable for finding (1) titles to recommend the library purchase
for the collection, (2) books and authoritative websites/e-resources for assignments,
and (3) appropriate course materials.
Regional
Business News (EBSCO)
Provides full-text coverage for regional business publications, journals,
newspapers, and newswires.
Religion
and Philosophy Collection (EBSCO)
Provides full-text access to peer-reviewed titles pertinent to theology and
philosophy.
Science
& Technology Collection (EBSCO)
Provides access to over 800 full-text journals on topics such as astrophysics,
chemistry, computer technology, geology, physics, and archaeology.
ScienceDirect
(document delivery service) (Elsevier)
Provides citations and abstracts to 2000+ scholarly journals in physical sciences,
engineering, life & health sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
The library will obtain ScienceDirect articles for TLU faculty, students,
and staff once they click ORDER DOCUMENT; ScienceDirect will prompt users
to login or register and create a username and passowrd. Users must provide
their TLU email address because requests for articles are accepted only from
TLU email addresses.
Searchasaurus
(EBSCO)
Provides full-text materials for elementary and meddle school students or
teachers.
Serials
Directory (EBSCO)
Provides publisher and bibliographic information and pricing for journals,
magazines, and newspapers.
Student
Research Center (EBSCO)
Provides full text for students or teachers, by topic; users can limit results
by material type (magazines, newspapers, books/encyclopedias, biographies,
radio/TV news transcripts, country/state/province reports, primary source
documents, and photos/maps/flags).
Texas
Digital Sanborn Map (ProQuest)
Provides access to large-scale maps of Texas towns and cities.
Texas
Reference Center (EBSCO)
Includes full-text access to journals and books on Texans and Texas history,
diversity/gender issues, literature, public health, business, home/garden,
and sports/leisure.
TOPICsearch
(EBSCO)
Provides full-text material on current events and popular topics.
Twentieth-Century
American Poetry (Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest)
Provides full text to 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 American
poets.
Twentieth-Century
English Poetry (Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest)
Provides full-text access to 598 volumes of poetry by 283 English poets from
1900-present, including the poets in The Faber Poetry Library.
Vocational
and Career Collection (EBSCO)
Provides full-text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.
World
History Collection (EBSCO)
Includes full text, dating back to 1964, for nearly 150 titles, including
many peer-reviewed journals.
WorldCat
(OCLC FirstSearch)
Provides access to all records (books and other materials) cataloged by Online
Computer Library Center member libraries.
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