Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles.   Covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, including full-text coverage of the New York Times since 1995.

Includes full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.

Online version of McGraw Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and Technology that also includes the Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, and links to other sites.

Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, the database also includes citations and links to book and media reviews.

A comprehensive online biographical reference database also containing the complete Marquis Who's Who.

Includes more than 5 million review citations, more than 634,000 full-text reviews from InfoTrac OneFile and InfoTrac Expanded Academic, as well as full-text via links to library holdings. Users can conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more.

The complete Encyclopedia Britannica with links to over 130,000 selected web sites.

Provides full text for over 2,300 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.

Campus Research is an online research service that provides a comprehensive collection of news, business, and law related information for faculty and students.

Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; salary databases, and more (LC faculty see Campus Web for subscription login information).

Provides full text for more than 620 journals and 218 books/monographs. With full text coverage dating back to 1937, CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, and topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in technology. This database offers full text for more than 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

CREDO Reference provides cross-searchable access to over three million entries from 273 titles and 57 publishers.  Features full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering every major subject.

A collection of newspaper content of South Carolina interest. This database includes full text articles from over 100 U.S. & international newspapers including the New York Times (Jan 2000-present) and USA Today (Oct 2004-present).

For school teachers and administrators and those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.

Indexing to journal articles, books, government reports, etc., related to education topics.

The Limestone College collection of full text electronic journals.

The library's link to e-books, published monographs and books converted into digital format. There are over 45,000 e-books in our collection. You may either visit the link at left and search the e-books collection directly, or you can find e-books in the College electronic catalog (K.A.T.E.) and follow them to the e-book site. To fully utilize e-books, you will have to create an account for your e-book access. This account will also be necessary for access from computers not on the Limestone College main Gaffney campus.

Encyclopedia of Animals (EBSCO Animals) offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Written by an international roster of more than 300 authors, the Encyclopedia comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. Included are feature essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, as well as general essays on the traditions of children's literature in many countries throughout the world.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures. Enriched by more than 600 black-and-white illustrations and over 100 color photos, this reference is essential for any general reader, collector, curator, or scholar interested in this rich and varied field.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History includes 900 original articles by noted scholars from more than thirty-five countries. Articles range from 500-word entries on inventors, theoreticians, and industry leaders to overarching, 8,000-word essays on markets, industries, and labor.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Social Work includes coverage of demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster.  All volumes are fully cross-referenced and includes a complete index.

The Education Resources Information Center provides index and full text to journal articles, government studies, books, dissertations, and other material on education and related fields. Combines citations of sponsored reports, from Resources in Education, and over 750 journals, from the Current Index to Journals in Education. Covers 1966 to the present.

The University of Wisconsin's Ten C's For Evaluating Internet Sources.

From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. and news content, and indexing .

Updated weekly, the electronic resource combines current event content from Facts on File, World News Digest, Issues and Controversies, Science on File, Editorials on File and the World Almanacs.

The host to a variety of indexes (Books in Print, Eric, PsycFirst,...) that may include some abstracts and/or full text.

This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

A search engine that allows single searching of multiple Gale (InfoTrac) databases including, but not limited to, General Business File, Expanded Academic ASAP, General Reference Center, InfoTrac OneFile, Health Reference Center, and the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Integrates information from Business Index ASAP and the full text of PR Newswire releases. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full-text.

Source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports technology, and more.

Find articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers.  GRC has an integrated set of general interest sources: almanacs, encyclopedias, current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

The gateway to the Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and New Book of Knowledge.

Answers the need for a fully integrated, ever-growing electronic resource center for all levels of health research.

An academic database with full text of nursing and allied health journals plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. Use this database to find articles on: fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs and more.

Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.  Includes more than 80 full text consumer magazines.

Includes more than 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on the nursing and allied health fields but also covers many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for more than 800 journals.

Historical Abstracts is recognized as the world's leading bibliographic database for historical study. The database comprises over 720,000 entries from periodicals, with full-text links to over 135,000 articles and dissertations.

History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.

Provides reference content, academic and scholarly journals, and thousands of primary sources, images, and maps, integrated into a comprehensive, cross-searchable database.

 InfoTrac OneFile has changed to General OneFile.

Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers.  Included are articles on Federal and State Cases, Laws and Regulations, Legal Practice, and Taxation.

Indexes more than 690 periodicals, books, research reports and proceedings.   Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.  Includes some full text articles.

Authoritative peer-reviewed journals in biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law. Browse journals by title or discipline, search full text, and manage favorite journals and papers.

Provides the most up-to-date, respected nursing titles for clinical decision and research support and direct journal links from databases such as CINAHL, MEDLINE and British Nursing Index. Also provides unlimited access to all tables of contents and bibliographic citations for every journal, plus free tables of contents for more than 1000 biomedical e-journals, external URLs, and more!

Covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 126,500 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, 5,000 full-text short stories, 2,800 full-text essays, 1,800 full-text speeches, and 1,000 full-text plays.  Also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.

Combines biographies, literary criticism, web sites and other resources on topics. It includes information from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Authors New Revisions, Contemporary Criticism as well as other respected Gale reference.

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text nearly 600 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. It also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, 268 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals.

A collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent offering 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 periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.

The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.

The Modern Language Association's comprehensive index of scholarly journals and series in literature, languages, and folklore. Covers 1963 to the present.

Weekly international journal that provides peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, and accessibility.

Users can select works by composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre. Play lists can also be easily created for educational use. (Mac users click here for set-up instructions).

Provides musicians immediate access and use in genres from classical to pop.  Contains thousands of original sheet music editions from Universal Edition, Josef Weinberger, Chanterelle, Pizzacato, Zeon-On, Oxford University Press, and many others.

  NoodleBib is an instrument that will help generate accurate MLA or APA style bibliographies for research papers.

Provides authoritative information for students completing research papers, class assignments, and those preparing for their clinical experiences as they learn how to care for and treat patients. Also provides relevant journal results from top publications in the field and animated depictions of the human anatomy.

Online library of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors. Features include Topic Overviews and electronic access to Gales' Information Plus reference series of statistics, government data, information on legislation and more.

Offers millions of words, phrases, and translations in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Polish.  Includes usage examples, grammar guidance, audio pronunciation, word of the day, and help with spelling and punctuation.

From Dr. Karen W. Gainey, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Montague MacMillan Professor of English at Limestone College.

A resource for nursing and allied health professionals, Pre-Cinahl provides current awareness of new journal articles and includes a rotating file of limited bibliographic information (no subject searching), which are available to researchers only for the time when these articles are being assigned additional indexing.

Focusing on elementary school research Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text back files go as far back as 1989, while indexing and abstract back files go as far back as 1984.

This database provides coverage of more than 550 full text journals, including more than 525 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.

The 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.

This database provides full text news stories, research reports, and commentary articles, enhanced by additional information, links, multimedia, and user services, as well as a database of scientific-product information.

  ScienceNOW provides online daily news with brief breaking news stories from Science to your computer desktop every business day.

 Science Resource Center reflects curriculum trends and focuses on key concepts taught in school classrooms, including: Earth Science, History of Science, Life Science, Physical Science, Science and Technology, Science as Inquiry, Space Science, and more.

Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series.

A general reference source for young (grades 1-9) readers.

The gateway to SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, and SIRS Renaissance. The full-text articles are selected from magazines, journals, newspapers, government documents and internet resources.

Small Business Resource Center covers all major areas of starting and operating a business including financing, management, marketing,human resources, franchising, accounting and taxes.

SocINDEX offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.

Formerly SuperTOM, this database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Searchable database of both The State (Columbia, SC) and Greenville News newspapers, with coverage from 1987 to the present for The State, and 1999 to the present for the Greenville News.

Limestone College Video Collection arranged by broad subject headings.

Offered by Purdue University, this host links to resources including the Virtual Reference Desk, a compilation of online ready reference sources such as Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, Information Please, and the Telephone Number Directory.

This annual selection guide helps readers to independently choose titles of interest published in the last year.