Academic Search In-Library Use
Academic Search Home Use
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. This database is updated on a daily basis. Click here  to see a complete list of all the magazines and journals included in this databases.

American Civil War Reference Library
Covers the events and people of the Civil War period and provides students with all the in-depth information they need for reports and class assignments, including biographical profiles and primary source materials.

American Revolution Reference Library
Covers the events and people of the Revolutionary War period in easy-to-understand language. Students will find all the information they need for reports and class assignments on this period, including the biographies and primary source materials.

America the Beautiful
A state-by-state history and current events database for elementary and middle school students.

Biographies Plus
Contains biographical information from more than 100 reference books such as Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical books on musicians and composers throughout history.

Daily Life Online
Combining two rich databases to provide a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students, Daily Life Online gives life to history and context to current events. There’s more to history and contemporary events than just the names of rulers and the rise of economic systems; Daily Life Online shows how fascinating and fun it is to explore how others lived and live their lives. Click here for a full list of the different cultures and time periods covered by this database.

History Behind the Headlines
This resource provides background information on long-term ethnic, religious, political, territorial and economic conflicts between nations.

History Reference Center In-Library Use
History Reference Center Home Use
History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for 60 history magazines, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video. Click here to see a complete list of the publications available from this database.

History Resource Center
An extensive collection of U.S. historical materials from pre-colonial times to the present, designed for students and teachers.

Legal Collection In-Library Use
Legal Collection Home Use
Centered on the discipline of law and legal topics, Legal Collection is a collection of respected, scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies. This database is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. Legal Collection offers full text for nearly 250 of the world's best law journals. This database provides information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more. Click here to see a complete list of the publications available from this database.

Major Acts of Congress
An illustrated encyclopedia of congressional acts from the earliest days of the American republic up through recent years. Broadly applicable to students as well as general readers, this three-volume reference work is suitable for high school and college students, public library patrons, and professionals seeking comprehensive information on landmark laws and their impact on American life.

Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles 

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection In-Library Use
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Home Use
This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily. Click here  to see a complete list of the publications available from this database.

Religion & Philosophy Collection In-Library Use
Religion & Philosophy Collection Home Use
This database provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. This database is updated daily. Click here to see a complete list of the publications available from this database.

Sociological Collection In-Library Use
Sociological Collection Home Use
This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. This database is updated daily. Click here to see a complete list of the publications available from this database.

TOPICsearch  In-Library Use
TOPICsearch  Home Use
TOPICsearch currently contains articles from over 1,100 magazines, 150 newspapers, 400 pamphlets, 1,500 popular biographies, 800 book reviews and 15,000 public opinion polls. It provides full-text coverage of social issues, geared to a middle school through high school audience.

West Law
WestLaw provides national coverage of expert testimony documents as well as over 46,000 reports, affidavits, depositions, pleadings, motions, memoranda and trial transcripts. Find summaries of recent verdicts and settlements prepared by West editors, with links to related court documents. Find fact-specific motions, pleadings and memoranda on Westlaw for federal courts. Search bankruptcy filings. There are 1.1 million federal and state appellate briefs on Westlaw. Search BRIEF-ALL or focus by jurisdiction (e.g., CA-BRIEF-ALL, NY-BRIEF-ALL) this is completely integrated with links to related briefs, case law, KeyCite, and ResultsPlus. You can search more than 50 million dockets from federal, state, and local courts in one database. Westlaw eforms offers 50,000 state and federal court forms from 34 states and D.C. Fill out and save these PDF forms online, even send them via e-mail!