Full-text Reference Databases available from the Library Partners of The Indianapolis Foundation
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007
Click on the title to access quick start guides provided by the publishers.
Business &
Company Resource Center- provides access to a wide variety of global
business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment
opportunities, business rankings, company histories and much more.
CQ Researcher - Explores
current issues in depth on topics ranging from teens to environmentalism as
well as health, education, science, and technology. Every 12,000 word report
is written by an experienced journalist and features comments from experts,
lawmakers, and citizens an all sides of an issue. Online database goes back
to 1991.
History
Resource Center-U.S. – Authoritative materials needed for the study
of American history: selections from reference works; primary source materials;
full-text magazine and journal articles; links to digitized special collections.
History Resource Center-World – Authoritative materials needed for the study of American history: selections from reference works; primary source materials; full-text magazine and journal articles; links to digitized special collections.
The
Indianapolis Star - Complete full-text coverage from the Indianapolis
Star back to 1999, including obituaries but excluding paid advertisements
and free-lance writers.
Literature
Resource Center - A database designed for undergraduate and high-school
students, containing full-text journal articles, critical essays, biographies,
plot summaries, and links to authoritative websites. It is is the most comprehensive
literary collection available online.
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center - Information on social issues drawn
from news articles, books, websites and primary documents, arranged to highlight
the differences between contrasting viewpoints
Science Resource Center - covers earth, life, physical, space, and history. Has thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations. The latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.
SIRS
Discoverer - is an award-winning, general reference resource
for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. SIRS Discoverer
helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and
computer skills. Students can do research, read stories, learn about important
people, places and events, find fun projects to do and much more. The database
includes carefully selected full-text articles and images from more than 1,600
domestic and international newspapers, magazines, online sources and government
documents.
SIRS
Knowledge Source is a comprehensive search portal which
is comprised of several distinct reference databases including SIRS Researcher®,
SIRS Government Reporter®,
SIRS Renaissance®, and SKS WebSelectTM. You may choose to search them individually
but the default is all four at once.