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Alphabetic Listing of Databases

Ancestry.com Library Edition - Online source of genealogical and historical information consists of over 1.2 billion records in over 3,000 databases.

EBSCO Databases:
	EBSCOhost Web : Provides full text and citations of journal articles and periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, science, business, law, education and health.

	EBSCOhost Esponal : Provides full text and citations of journal articles and periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, science, business, law, education and health. (Spanish)

	EBSCOhost Francais : Provides full text and citations of journal articles and periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, science, business, law, education and health. (French)

	Auto Repair Reference Center: Contains complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, publisher of Chilton information. The step-by-step procedures are written for the Do-It-Yourselfer, but are comprehensive enough for professional technicians. Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954. New repair procedures and updates are added continuously.

	Searchasaurus: Children and middle school reference material such a dictionary, various encyclopedias and fun facts.

	Student Research Center: Information about various school subjects as well as articles, photographs, reports and biographies for researchers between the grades of 6 through 12.

	Student Research Center: Information about various school subjects as well as articles, photographs, reports and biographies for researchers between the grades of 6 through 12. (China Edition)

	Kids Search: School subject reference information for kids grades kindergarten through 8.

	Book Index With Reviews: Search for various books using a variety of criteria such as grade level, publication date, and number of pages.

	Consumer Health Complete: Health news and reports as well as drug information and alternative health sources.

	Literary Reference Center: Literary reference that contains timeline, dictionary, encyclopedia and database access to criticisms.

	Business Searching Center: A scholarly business database, providing both bibliographic and full text content about various businesses and business topics.

	Salud en Espanol (Consumer Health Complete - Spanish Version): Spanish version of health news and reports as well as drug information and alternative health sources.

Facts On File Online -Information dealing with African-American history and culture, middle school, high school, and junior college curriculum, geography, and careers.

Global Road Warrior - a social studies database that contains maps, descriptions of cultural attitudes, points of historical interest, and descriptions of how commerce is conducted.

Heritage Quest - Online genealogical database pulling information from a variery of genealogical sources.

Infotrac General Reference Gold - Database of journal articles for middle school and high school. (subset of Infotrac Onefile)

Infotrac Onefile - a comprehensive periodical resource of both peer reviewd and non-peer reviewed journal articles. Includes full text of the New York Times.

Learning Express Library - A comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons.

Newsbank Newspapers - Database of Louisiana and National newspapers.

Scribner Writer - Essays about authors and literay genres from the Scribner print series

Twayne Author Series - Full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, Twayne World, US, and English Authors

Value Line - Financial online database.