Magazine Databases & Other Online Resources

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General Collection:

A to Z Maps Online:  The world's largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.  Remote access is available.  You will just need to enter your 13-digit library barcode number.

America's News Magazine:  Search for full-text articles from 27 popular magazines with this database from Newsbank.  Remote access is available.  You will just need to enter your 13-digit library barcode number.

Ancestry Library Edition:  Ancestry Library Edition is a broad-based collection of approximately 4,000 databases. There are federal and local census records and images, immigration records and passenger lists, military records, cemetery records, birth, death, and marriage records, a United Kingdom and Ireland collection, and much more. There are also links for "how-to" information for genealogists.  This database is only available in the library.

ArticleFirst:  An OCLC index of articles, some full-text, from the contents pages of journals and magazines.  For most journls, ArticleFirst provides a list of libraries that have the journal title. 

Belleville News-Democrat Online:  Access full-text newspaper articles from the Belleville News-Democrat from October, 2000 - present with this database from Newsbank.  Remote access is available.  You will just need to enter your 13-digit library barcode number.

DearReader.com:  Sign up for a free book club and every day you'll receive an email containing a 5-minute portion of a book. You will be sent a different book each week and you can sample two to three chapters.  For the upcoming book schedule, please click here.

ECO (Electronic Collections Online):  An OCLC collection of scholarly journals, some full-text, which includes all of the original content and images of articles.  Topics covered include:  agriculture, library science, anthropology, literature, business, medicine, economics, philosophy, education, political science, fine arts, psychology, geography, religion, history, science, language, social science, law, and technology. 

Gale Databases:  NEW!!!  Included in this collection are InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, InfoTrac Small Business Collection, InfoTrac Vocations, Careers, & Technical Education Collection, General Reference Center Gold, Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection, Home Improvement Collection, Popular Magazines, Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection, Educator's Reference Complete, Junior Edition, and Student Edition.

Gale Educator's Reference Complete:  Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home.

Gale Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection:  Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their information appetites sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.

Gale General Reference Center Gold:  A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

Gale Home Improvement Collection:  Even the smallest home improvement project can be daunting: with this collection of nearly 100 home improvement focused titles, hobbyists and professional carpenters alike will immediately put their projects on a more solid foundation. Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.

Gale Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection:  With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more. 

Gale Junior Edition:  Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school 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.

Gale Popular Magazines:  Popular Magazines includes 1000 of the most searched magazines across our InfoTrac products. All the titles were selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons. This database is 100% full text and includes over 600 titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries".

Gale Student Edition:  Now with over 1100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL):  Gale Virtual Reference Library takes research to the next level by delivering great reference print titles in database format.  These electronic references cover a wide variety of topics and subjects ranging from current events to classics and from Arts & Humanities to small business.  Your last name and 13-digit barcode number are required for remote access.

Global Road Warrior:  Global Road Warrior is a world-class e-content database offering country-by-country information on 175 nations and territories. It features more than 8 million words of editorial content, over 6,500 color photos and 1,575 maps, all presented in a consistent 92-category framework for each country. Categories include: Society and Culture, Business Culture, Travel, Maps, and Photos.  Remote Access is available.  You will just need to enter your 13-digit library barcode number.

HeritageQuest Online:  Genealogists will find U.S. federal census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930, Revolutionary War era pension and bounty-land warrant records, 25,000 family and local histories, PERSI (Periodical Source Index), a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,300 genealogy and local history periodicals since 1800, and many other collections of records.  Remote access is available to BPL cardholders.  Click here to access HeritageQuest Online from outside the library.

Illinois Authors Wiki:  A comprehensive resource for information on authors, photographers and illustrators who have published books, lived in Illinois or written about Illinois.  Author searches can be done alphabetically by last name, by genre or intended audience or by keyword search.  Illinois author profiles also can be viewed through a random search, and author photos may be added and viewed.

Illinois Catalog:  An online catalog containing millions of bibliographic records cataloged by Illinois OCLC member libraries.  Materials cataloged include:  books, manuscripts, websites and internet resources, maps, computer programs, musical scores, films and slides, newspapers, journals and magazines, sound recordings, articles, chapters, papers, and videotapes held by Illinois libraries. 

Infotrac Custom Newspapers:  Features more than 33.5 million full-text articles from more than 1,000 newspapers from around the world. Selected articles from more than 300 additional sources of news and business information supplement the collection. Users can customize their collection by selecting from a growing list of important publications including regional, national and international sources. Unique to this resource, users can customize the product name, screen layout and search parameters, making InfoTrac Custom Newspapers truly their own.

Infotrac Small Business Collection

Infotrac Vocations, Careers, & Technical Education Collection

Newsbank: Complete full-text content of local and regional news in the Belleville News-Democrat from October, 2000 - present and the St. Louis Post Dispatch from January, 1988 - present.  Also included is a database titled "America's News Magazines."  Here you can search for full-text articles from 27 popular magazines.  This database is also available remotely.  You will just need to enter your library barcode number for access.

NoveList:  Novelist is a reader's advisory tool that provides "subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles." There are sections on author readalikes, book discussion guides, book talks and feature articles. There is also a Novelist K-8 available. 

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Online:  Acess full-text newspaper articles from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from January, 1988 - present with this database from Newsbank.  Remote access is available.  You will just need to enter your 13-digit library barcode number.

Tumblebooks Library:   Tumblebook Library is an online collectin of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.  It features adjustable online text and complete audio narration.  Sentences are highlighted as they are being read and the pages turn automatically.  Great for new, struggling, and reluctant readers.

TumbleReadables:  These Read-Alongs highlight the sentences as they are being read, turn the page automatically, and offer the ability to follow along in three text sizes.  The collection features eight categories containing nearly 125 Read-Along titles (and an additional 100 large print online titles):  picture books, early readers, chapter books, middle school readers, YA/Teen Novels, children's classics, classics, and Shakespeare.

Wilson Select Plus:  Contains full-text articles in the sciences, humanities, education, and business.  It provides indexed and abstracted records with accompanying full-text articles, many of which are linked to citations in other FirstSearch databases.  Includes U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.  Subjects include:  accounting, health care, advertising, human resources, art, insurance, auditing, international trade, banking, international trends, broadcasting, investment analysis, computers, management, economics, marketing, education, planning and strategy, engineering, public administration, environment, real estate, finance, taxation, foreign investment, telecommunications, transportation, and science.  Your library card number is required for access.

WorldAlmanac:  Includes Funk & Wagnall's New Encylopedia, the World Almanac and Book of Facts, the World Almanac of the U.S.A., the World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and the World Almanac for Kids. 

WorldCat:  An OCLC catalog containing millions of bibliographic records about books and other materials in libraries worldwide. 

WorldVitalRecords.com:  A genealogy database that includes census records, family history, and other vital records.  Click here to access this database remotely.  Your library card number is required for remote access.

Health:

MEDLINE:  A database (with some full-text) covering all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.  MEDLINE corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index.  It includes thousands of records with substantial abstracts.  Subjects include:  clinical medicine, nutrition, dentistry, pathology, education, psychiatry, experimental medicine, toxicology, health services administration, veterinary medicine, and nursing. 

Other Specialized Databases:

ClasePeriodica:  CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities, while PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology.  This database contains information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews, and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications focusing on Pan-American issues. 

ERIC:  A collection of journal articles and reports in education, with some full-text.  It contains annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and the journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). 

GPO:  U.S. federal government publications, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).  Includes a bibliographic citation in each record. 

PapersFirst:  An OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.  Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received by the British Library Document Supply Centre. 

Proceedings:  An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings.  Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received by the British Library Document Supply Centre.  

WorldCatDissertations:  A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat.