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Database		Description
. Academic Search Premier		Full Text. Periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Our largest and broadest periodical database. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
. ProQuest Research Library		Full Text. Interdisciplinary periodical database.
A - to - Z		Find which journals and reference books are in which databases.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via ProQuest.
America's News Magazines		A couple dozen magazines. Via NewsBank.
ArchiveGrid		Index to 2,500+ archives.
ArticleFirst		Tables of contents for journals.
ARTstor		Images – art, architecture, photography.
arXiv		Full Text. Free e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics. From Cornell U.
Bellingham Herald		Full Text. 1999 – present. Local content only. Via NewsBank.
BioMed Central		Full Text. Open access science and medicine journals.
Business Source Elite		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
CAMIO		'Catalog of Art Museum Images Online'
CINAHL		Full Text. 'Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.' Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Communication & Mass Media Complete		Full Text. Journals, professional journals, and a few books specific to communications and mass media. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Contemporary Authors		Full Text. Biographies of authors, composers, and artists. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
Contemporary Literary Criticism		Full Text. Literary criticism. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
CQ Researcher		Full Text. Reports on contemporary social issues, from Congressional Quarterly Press.
Credo Reference		Full Text. Over 600 reference books across all subject areas.
CultureGrams		Full Text. Cultures around the world.
Dictionary of Literary Biography		Full Text. Biographies of authors. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
Directory of Open Access Journals		Full Text. Free access to a collection of interdisciplinary scholarly journals.
eBook Collection		Full Text. Electronic books, viewable and downloadable. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface. Formerly NetLibrary eBooks.
ebrary – off campus link		Full Text. 50,000+ interdisciplinary ebooks.
ebrary – on campus link		Full Text. 50,000+ interdisciplinary ebooks.
ECO		'Electronic Collections Online' – article abstracts. Via FirstSearch.
eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
Encyclopedia Britannica		Full Text. Britannica Online (an online encyclopedia), and also hundreds of periodicals.
ERIC		'Education Resources Information Center' — index to education journals, books, and papers. Some links to full text.
Films on Demand		Streaming educational videos.
Gale Virtual Reference Library		Full Text. 15 reference books across a variety of subjects.
Google Books		Digitized books and magazines. Some are fully available for free, while others offer just snippets.
Google Scholar		Periodicals index — a great discovery tool, and some articles have a link to free full text.
GPO		US Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog. Via FirstSearch.
GreenFILE		Abstracts of ecology & environmental literature, with a few journals in full text. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Hathi Trust Digital Library		Huge repository of digitized books and periodicals. About 25% is available to view in full text.
Health Source		Full Text. Nursing/Academic edition. Includes "AHFS Consumer Medication Information," a guide to drugs. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Historic Newspapers in Washington		Full Text. Scans of early newspapers printed in Washington State. From the Washington State Library.
History Study Center		Full Text. A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present. A ProQuest database.
HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History		Full Text. HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History is a collection of over 6,000 essays touching on all aspects of the State's history. Most essays include images; some have audio and video exhibits.
JSTOR Free Early Journal Content		Full Text. Public domain content in JSTOR. Check "Include only content I can access" to see only the free articles.
Magill's Medical Guide		Full Text. Medical encyclopedia. Via Salem Health.
Medline Plus		Full Text. Consumer-oriented website for health information, from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.
Microsoft Academic Search		Periodicals index — a great discovery tool, and some articles have a link to free full text.
National Academies Press		Full Text. Books and reports published by the National Academies Press.
National Newspapers Core		Full Text. Several newspapers with national coverage (Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post). Via ProQuest.
NAXOS Music Library		Streaming audio and music reference. Focus on classical, jazz, and world music.
NewsBank Special Reports		Full Text. Articles and other material related to specific contemporary issues.
OAIster		Open Archives.
OneClickdigital		Full Text. Audiobooks from Recorded Books. Formerly Audiobook Collection; formerly NetLibrary eAudiobooks.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context		Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.
PapersFirst		Citations to conference papers. Via FirstSearch.
Proceedings		Citations to conference proceedings. Via FirstSearch.
ProCon.org		Full Text. Online source for pro/con information on controversial social issues.
Project Gutenberg		Full Text. Free public domain eBooks.
ProQuest Family Health		Full Text. Health periodicals, both popular and scholarly.
ProQuest Learning: Literature		Full Text. A variety of resources for studying literature.
PubMed		Medical and life science journal citations, some with links to full text.
PubMed Central		Full text archive of biomedical and life science journals.
Regional Business News		Full Text. Business- and trade-focused newswires. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Salem Health		Full Text. Health encyclopedias: Magill's Medical Guide, Cancer, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Genetics & Inherited Conditions, and Infectious Diseases & Conditions.
SIRS Discoverer		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything.
Washington State Newsstand		Full Text. Several newspapers from Washington State. Via ProQuest.
Western Newsstand		Full Text. Over 150 newspapers from the western US, including several in Spanish. Via ProQuest.
World History in Context		Full Text. Articles, primary sources, and books on world history. Via Gale.

Interdisciplinary	Art	Business
Communications	Current Events	Education
Health Medicine and Nursing	History	Literature
Music	Science

Interdisciplinary

. Academic Search Premier		Full Text. Periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Our largest and broadest periodical database. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
. ProQuest Research Library		Full Text. Interdisciplinary periodical database.
eBook Collection		Full Text. Electronic books, viewable and downloadable. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface. Formerly NetLibrary eBooks.
Credo Reference		Full Text. Over 600 reference books across all subject areas.
Directory of Open Access Journals		Full Text. Free access to a collection of interdisciplinary scholarly journals.
ebrary – off campus link		Full Text. 50,000+ interdisciplinary ebooks.
ebrary – on campus link		Full Text. 50,000+ interdisciplinary ebooks.
eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
Encyclopedia Britannica		Full Text. Britannica Online (an online encyclopedia), and also hundreds of periodicals.
Films on Demand		Streaming educational videos.
Gale Virtual Reference Library		Full Text. 15 reference books across a variety of subjects.
Google Books		Digitized books and magazines. Some are fully available for free, while others offer just snippets.
Google Scholar		Periodicals index — a great discovery tool, and some articles have a link to free full text.
Hathi Trust Digital Library		Huge repository of digitized books and periodicals. About 25% is available to view in full text.
JSTOR Free Early Journal Content		Full Text. Public domain content in JSTOR. Check "Include only content I can access" to see only the free articles.
Microsoft Academic Search		Periodicals index — a great discovery tool, and some articles have a link to free full text.
OAIster		Open Archives.
OneClickdigital		Full Text. Audiobooks from Recorded Books. Formerly Audiobook Collection; formerly NetLibrary eAudiobooks.
Project Gutenberg		Full Text. Free public domain eBooks.
SIRS Discoverer		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything.

Art

ARTstor		Images – art, architecture, photography.
CAMIO		'Catalog of Art Museum Images Online'
Contemporary Authors		Full Text. Biographies of authors, composers, and artists. One of the Gale Literary Databases.

Business

Business Source Elite		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via ProQuest.
Regional Business News		Full Text. Business- and trade-focused newswires. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.

Communications

Communication & Mass Media Complete

Full Text. Journals, professional journals, and a few books specific to communications and mass media. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.

Current Events

America's News Magazines		A couple dozen magazines. Via NewsBank.
Regional Business News		Full Text. Business- and trade-focused newswires. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Bellingham Herald		Full Text. 1999 – present. Local content only. Via NewsBank.
CQ Researcher		Full Text. Reports on contemporary social issues, from Congressional Quarterly Press.
National Newspapers Core		Full Text. Several newspapers with national coverage (Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post). Via ProQuest.
NewsBank Special Reports		Full Text. Articles and other material related to specific contemporary issues.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context		Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.
ProCon.org		Full Text. Online source for pro/con information on controversial social issues.
Washington State Newsstand		Full Text. Several newspapers from Washington State. Via ProQuest.
Western Newsstand		Full Text. Over 150 newspapers from the western US, including several in Spanish. Via ProQuest.

Education

ERIC

'Education Resources Information Center' — index to education journals, books, and papers. Some links to full text.

Health Medicine and Nursing

CINAHL		Full Text. 'Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.' Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Health Source		Full Text. Nursing/Academic edition. Includes "AHFS Consumer Medication Information," a guide to drugs. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
BioMed Central		Full Text. Open access science and medicine journals.
Magill's Medical Guide		Full Text. Medical encyclopedia. Via Salem Health.
Medline Plus		Full Text. Consumer-oriented website for health information, from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.
ProQuest Family Health		Full Text. Health periodicals, both popular and scholarly.
PubMed		Medical and life science journal citations, some with links to full text.
PubMed Central		Full text archive of biomedical and life science journals.
Salem Health		Full Text. Health encyclopedias: Magill's Medical Guide, Cancer, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Genetics & Inherited Conditions, and Infectious Diseases & Conditions.

History

Historic Newspapers in Washington		Full Text. Scans of early newspapers printed in Washington State. From the Washington State Library.
History Study Center		Full Text. A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present. A ProQuest database.
HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History		Full Text. HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History is a collection of over 6,000 essays touching on all aspects of the State's history. Most essays include images; some have audio and video exhibits.
World History in Context		Full Text. Articles, primary sources, and books on world history. Via Gale.

Literature

Contemporary Authors		Full Text. Biographies of authors, composers, and artists. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
Contemporary Literary Criticism		Full Text. Literary criticism. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
Dictionary of Literary Biography		Full Text. Biographies of authors. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
ProQuest Learning: Literature		Full Text. A variety of resources for studying literature.

Music

Contemporary Authors		Full Text. Biographies of authors, composers, and artists. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
NAXOS Music Library		Streaming audio and music reference. Focus on classical, jazz, and world music.

Science

GreenFILE		Abstracts of ecology & environmental literature, with a few journals in full text. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
arXiv		Full Text. Free e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics. From Cornell U.
BioMed Central		Full Text. Open access science and medicine journals.
National Academies Press		Full Text. Books and reports published by the National Academies Press.

Types are within these categories: Periodicals; Reference Sources*; Citation Only
(* ebooks, audiobooks, images, audio, and video resources listed with Reference Sources)

Periodicals

Full Text Title Finder	Scholarly Journals	Magazines
Newspapers	Trade Journals	Professional Journals

Full Text Title Finder

A - to - Z

Find which journals and reference books are in which databases.

Scholarly Journals

. Academic Search Premier		Full Text. Periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Our largest and broadest periodical database. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
. ProQuest Research Library		Full Text. Interdisciplinary periodical database.
Business Source Elite		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
CINAHL		Full Text. 'Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.' Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Communication & Mass Media Complete		Full Text. Journals, professional journals, and a few books specific to communications and mass media. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Directory of Open Access Journals		Full Text. Free access to a collection of interdisciplinary scholarly journals.
GreenFILE		Abstracts of ecology & environmental literature, with a few journals in full text. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Health Source		Full Text. Nursing/Academic edition. Includes "AHFS Consumer Medication Information," a guide to drugs. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
arXiv		Full Text. Free e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics. From Cornell U.
JSTOR Free Early Journal Content		Full Text. Public domain content in JSTOR. Check "Include only content I can access" to see only the free articles.
BioMed Central		Full Text. Open access science and medicine journals.
ERIC		'Education Resources Information Center' — index to education journals, books, and papers. Some links to full text.
PubMed Central		Full text archive of biomedical and life science journals.

Magazines

. Academic Search Premier		Full Text. Periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Our largest and broadest periodical database. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Business Source Elite		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
CINAHL		Full Text. 'Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.' Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via ProQuest.
America's News Magazines		A couple dozen magazines. Via NewsBank.
eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
Encyclopedia Britannica		Full Text. Britannica Online (an online encyclopedia), and also hundreds of periodicals.
Google Books		Digitized books and magazines. Some are fully available for free, while others offer just snippets.
Google Scholar		Periodicals index — a great discovery tool, and some articles have a link to free full text.
Hathi Trust Digital Library		Huge repository of digitized books and periodicals. About 25% is available to view in full text.
JSTOR Free Early Journal Content		Full Text. Public domain content in JSTOR. Check "Include only content I can access" to see only the free articles.
SIRS Discoverer		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context		Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.
ProQuest Family Health		Full Text. Health periodicals, both popular and scholarly.
World History in Context		Full Text. Articles, primary sources, and books on world history. Via Gale.

Newspapers

eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
Regional Business News		Full Text. Business- and trade-focused newswires. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Bellingham Herald		Full Text. 1999 – present. Local content only. Via NewsBank.
Historic Newspapers in Washington		Full Text. Scans of early newspapers printed in Washington State. From the Washington State Library.
National Newspapers Core		Full Text. Several newspapers with national coverage (Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post). Via ProQuest.
Washington State Newsstand		Full Text. Several newspapers from Washington State. Via ProQuest.
Western Newsstand		Full Text. Over 150 newspapers from the western US, including several in Spanish. Via ProQuest.
World History in Context		Full Text. Articles, primary sources, and books on world history. Via Gale.

Trade Journals

. ProQuest Research Library		Full Text. Interdisciplinary periodical database.
Business Source Elite		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via ProQuest.
eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
ProQuest Family Health		Full Text. Health periodicals, both popular and scholarly.
ProQuest Learning: Literature		Full Text. A variety of resources for studying literature.

Professional Journals

. Academic Search Premier		Full Text. Periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Our largest and broadest periodical database. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
. ProQuest Research Library		Full Text. Interdisciplinary periodical database.
Business Source Elite		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Communication & Mass Media Complete		Full Text. Journals, professional journals, and a few books specific to communications and mass media. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
Health Source		Full Text. Nursing/Academic edition. Includes "AHFS Consumer Medication Information," a guide to drugs. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
ProQuest Family Health		Full Text. Health periodicals, both popular and scholarly.

Reference Sources

Reference Books	Pro/Con	Social Issues
Images	Streaming Music	Videos
Primary Source Documents	Government Documents	eBooks and eAudiobooks

Reference Books

Contemporary Authors		Full Text. Biographies of authors, composers, and artists. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
Contemporary Literary Criticism		Full Text. Literary criticism. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
CQ Researcher		Full Text. Reports on contemporary social issues, from Congressional Quarterly Press.
Credo Reference		Full Text. Over 600 reference books across all subject areas.
CultureGrams		Full Text. Cultures around the world.
Dictionary of Literary Biography		Full Text. Biographies of authors. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
Encyclopedia Britannica		Full Text. Britannica Online (an online encyclopedia), and also hundreds of periodicals.
Gale Virtual Reference Library		Full Text. 15 reference books across a variety of subjects.
Health Source		Full Text. Nursing/Academic edition. Includes "AHFS Consumer Medication Information," a guide to drugs. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
History Study Center		Full Text. A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present. A ProQuest database.
HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History		Full Text. HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History is a collection of over 6,000 essays touching on all aspects of the State's history. Most essays include images; some have audio and video exhibits.
Magill's Medical Guide		Full Text. Medical encyclopedia. Via Salem Health.
Medline Plus		Full Text. Consumer-oriented website for health information, from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context		Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.
ProQuest Learning: Literature		Full Text. A variety of resources for studying literature.
Salem Health		Full Text. Health encyclopedias: Magill's Medical Guide, Cancer, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Genetics & Inherited Conditions, and Infectious Diseases & Conditions.
SIRS Discoverer		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything.
World History in Context		Full Text. Articles, primary sources, and books on world history. Via Gale.

Pro/Con

CQ Researcher		Full Text. Reports on contemporary social issues, from Congressional Quarterly Press.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context		Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.
ProCon.org		Full Text. Online source for pro/con information on controversial social issues.

CQ Researcher		Full Text. Reports on contemporary social issues, from Congressional Quarterly Press.
CultureGrams		Full Text. Cultures around the world.
NewsBank Special Reports		Full Text. Articles and other material related to specific contemporary issues.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context		Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.
ProCon.org		Full Text. Online source for pro/con information on controversial social issues.
SIRS Discoverer		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything.

Images

. Academic Search Premier		Full Text. Periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Our largest and broadest periodical database. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
. ProQuest Research Library		Full Text. Interdisciplinary periodical database.
ARTstor		Images – art, architecture, photography.
Business Source Elite		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
CAMIO		'Catalog of Art Museum Images Online'
CINAHL		Full Text. 'Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.' Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
CQ Researcher		Full Text. Reports on contemporary social issues, from Congressional Quarterly Press.
Credo Reference		Full Text. Over 600 reference books across all subject areas.
CultureGrams		Full Text. Cultures around the world.
eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
Encyclopedia Britannica		Full Text. Britannica Online (an online encyclopedia), and also hundreds of periodicals.
Health Source		Full Text. Nursing/Academic edition. Includes "AHFS Consumer Medication Information," a guide to drugs. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
History Study Center		Full Text. A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present. A ProQuest database.
HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History		Full Text. HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History is a collection of over 6,000 essays touching on all aspects of the State's history. Most essays include images; some have audio and video exhibits.
NewsBank Special Reports		Full Text. Articles and other material related to specific contemporary issues.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context		Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.
ProQuest Learning: Literature		Full Text. A variety of resources for studying literature.
Regional Business News		Full Text. Business- and trade-focused newswires. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
SIRS Discoverer		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything.
World History in Context		Full Text. Articles, primary sources, and books on world history. Via Gale.

Streaming Music

NAXOS Music Library

Streaming audio and music reference. Focus on classical, jazz, and world music.

Videos

CultureGrams		Full Text. Cultures around the world.
eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
Encyclopedia Britannica		Full Text. Britannica Online (an online encyclopedia), and also hundreds of periodicals.
Films on Demand		Streaming educational videos.
History Study Center		Full Text. A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present. A ProQuest database.
HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History		Full Text. HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History is a collection of over 6,000 essays touching on all aspects of the State's history. Most essays include images; some have audio and video exhibits.
Medline Plus		Full Text. Consumer-oriented website for health information, from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.
NewsBank Special Reports		Full Text. Articles and other material related to specific contemporary issues.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context		Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.
ProQuest Learning: Literature		Full Text. A variety of resources for studying literature.
World History in Context		Full Text. Articles, primary sources, and books on world history. Via Gale.

Primary Source Documents

. Academic Search Premier		Full Text. Periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Our largest and broadest periodical database. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
History Study Center		Full Text. A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present. A ProQuest database.
World History in Context		Full Text. Articles, primary sources, and books on world history. Via Gale.

Government Documents

. Academic Search Premier		Full Text. Periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Our largest and broadest periodical database. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
National Academies Press		Full Text. Books and reports published by the National Academies Press.
SIRS Discoverer		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything.

eBooks and eAudiobooks

Credo Reference		Full Text. Over 600 reference books across all subject areas.
eBook Collection		Full Text. Electronic books, viewable and downloadable. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface. Formerly NetLibrary eBooks.
ebrary – off campus link		Full Text. 50,000+ interdisciplinary ebooks.
ebrary – on campus link		Full Text. 50,000+ interdisciplinary ebooks.
Encyclopedia Britannica		Full Text. Britannica Online (an online encyclopedia), and also hundreds of periodicals.
Google Books		Digitized books and magazines. Some are fully available for free, while others offer just snippets.
Hathi Trust Digital Library		Huge repository of digitized books and periodicals. About 25% is available to view in full text.
OneClickdigital		Full Text. Audiobooks from Recorded Books. Formerly Audiobook Collection; formerly NetLibrary eAudiobooks.
Project Gutenberg		Full Text. Free public domain eBooks.

Citation Only

Periodicals	Alerting Services
Conference Papers	Archives

Periodicals

ECO		'Electronic Collections Online' – article abstracts. Via FirstSearch.
ERIC		'Education Resources Information Center' — index to education journals, books, and papers. Some links to full text.
Google Scholar		Periodicals index — a great discovery tool, and some articles have a link to free full text.
Microsoft Academic Search		Periodicals index — a great discovery tool, and some articles have a link to free full text.
PubMed		Medical and life science journal citations, some with links to full text.

Alerting Services

ArticleFirst		Tables of contents for journals.
GPO		US Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog. Via FirstSearch.

Conference Papers

PapersFirst		Citations to conference papers. Via FirstSearch.
Proceedings		Citations to conference proceedings. Via FirstSearch.

Archives

ArchiveGrid		Index to 2,500+ archives.
OAIster		Open Archives.

EBSCO	ProQuest
Gale	NewsBank
Salem Health	FirstSearch
Other licensed databases

EBSCO

. Academic Search Premier		Full Text. Periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Our largest and broadest periodical database. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
EBSCO Database Chooser		Interface for choosing one or multiple EBSCO databases.
Business Source Elite		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
CINAHL		Full Text. 'Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.' Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
eBook Collection		Full Text. Electronic books, viewable and downloadable. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface. Formerly NetLibrary eBooks.
Communication & Mass Media Complete		Full Text. Journals, professional journals, and a few books specific to communications and mass media. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
GreenFILE		Abstracts of ecology & environmental literature, with a few journals in full text. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Health Source		Full Text. Nursing/Academic edition. Includes "AHFS Consumer Medication Information," a guide to drugs. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.
Regional Business News		Full Text. Business- and trade-focused newswires. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface.

ProQuest

ProQuest Database Chooser		Menu for choosing one or mulitple ProQuest databases to search (excludes the literature, history, eLibrary, & SIRS databases (which have a different interface)).
. ProQuest Research Library		Full Text. Interdisciplinary periodical database.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry		Full Text. Business and trade journals. Via ProQuest.
eLibrary		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything. A ProQuest database.
SIRS Discoverer		Full Text. Interdisciplinary multi-format research database — a little bit of everything.
History Study Center		Full Text. A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present. A ProQuest database.
National Newspapers Core		Full Text. Several newspapers with national coverage (Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post). Via ProQuest.
ProQuest Family Health		Full Text. Health periodicals, both popular and scholarly.
ProQuest Learning: Literature		Full Text. A variety of resources for studying literature.
Washington State Newsstand		Full Text. Several newspapers from Washington State. Via ProQuest.
Western Newsstand		Full Text. Over 150 newspapers from the western US, including several in Spanish. Via ProQuest.

Gale

Gale Database Chooser		Interface for choosing one or mulitple Gale databases.
Literary Index Gale		A master index to Gale's Literary databases, some of which are available at this library and require user authentication.
Gale Virtual Reference Library		Full Text. 15 reference books across a variety of subjects.
Contemporary Authors		Full Text. Biographies of authors, composers, and artists. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
Contemporary Literary Criticism		Full Text. Literary criticism. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
Dictionary of Literary Biography		Full Text. Biographies of authors. One of the Gale Literary Databases.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context		Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.
World History in Context		Full Text. Articles, primary sources, and books on world history. Via Gale.

NewsBank

America's News Magazines		A couple dozen magazines. Via NewsBank.
Bellingham Herald		Full Text. 1999 – present. Local content only. Via NewsBank.
NewsBank Special Reports		Full Text. Articles and other material related to specific contemporary issues.

Salem Health

Magill's Medical Guide		Full Text. Medical encyclopedia. Via Salem Health.
Salem Health		Full Text. Health encyclopedias: Magill's Medical Guide, Cancer, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Genetics & Inherited Conditions, and Infectious Diseases & Conditions.

FirstSearch

FirstSearch Database Chooser		Select the Databases tab to select to search multiple databases offered by FirstSearch
ArticleFirst		Tables of contents for journals.
Wayfinder		The Wayfinder catalog provides a single search for locating materials owned by the major libraries in Washington state.
ECO		'Electronic Collections Online' – article abstracts. Via FirstSearch.
GPO		US Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog. Via FirstSearch.
PapersFirst		Citations to conference papers. Via FirstSearch.
Proceedings		Citations to conference proceedings. Via FirstSearch.

Other licensed databases

A - to - Z		Find which journals and reference books are in which databases.
Credo Reference		Full Text. Over 600 reference books across all subject areas.
ebrary – off campus link		Full Text. 50,000+ interdisciplinary ebooks.
ebrary – on campus link		Full Text. 50,000+ interdisciplinary ebooks.
ARTstor		Images – art, architecture, photography.
Encyclopedia Britannica		Full Text. Britannica Online (an online encyclopedia), and also hundreds of periodicals.
Films on Demand		Streaming educational videos.
OneClickdigital		Full Text. Audiobooks from Recorded Books. Formerly Audiobook Collection; formerly NetLibrary eAudiobooks.
CAMIO		'Catalog of Art Museum Images Online'
CQ Researcher		Full Text. Reports on contemporary social issues, from Congressional Quarterly Press.
CultureGrams		Full Text. Cultures around the world.
NAXOS Music Library		Streaming audio and music reference. Focus on classical, jazz, and world music.

Free

ArchiveGrid		Index to 2,500+ archives.
arXiv		Full Text. Free e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics. From Cornell U.
BioMed Central		Full Text. Open access science and medicine journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals		Full Text. Free access to a collection of interdisciplinary scholarly journals.
ERIC		'Education Resources Information Center' — index to education journals, books, and papers. Some links to full text.
Google Books		Digitized books and magazines. Some are fully available for free, while others offer just snippets.
Google Scholar		Periodicals index — a great discovery tool, and some articles have a link to free full text.
Hathi Trust Digital Library		Huge repository of digitized books and periodicals. About 25% is available to view in full text.
Historic Newspapers in Washington		Full Text. Scans of early newspapers printed in Washington State. From the Washington State Library.
HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History		Full Text. HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History is a collection of over 6,000 essays touching on all aspects of the State's history. Most essays include images; some have audio and video exhibits.
JSTOR Free Early Journal Content		Full Text. Public domain content in JSTOR. Check "Include only content I can access" to see only the free articles.
Medline Plus		Full Text. Consumer-oriented website for health information, from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.
Microsoft Academic Search		Periodicals index — a great discovery tool, and some articles have a link to free full text.
National Academies Press		Full Text. Books and reports published by the National Academies Press.
OAIster		Open Archives.
ProCon.org		Full Text. Online source for pro/con information on controversial social issues.
Project Gutenberg		Full Text. Free public domain eBooks.
PubMed		Medical and life science journal citations, some with links to full text.
PubMed Central		Full text archive of biomedical and life science journals.

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Reference Services

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