Lone Star College-Kingwood Library
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF DATABASES
Note:This list includes selected public access government resources.
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- A to Z: Lone Star College System
Electronic Journal List
- List of full text online journals, magazines and newspapers
available through our databases. Search by title, browse by title, general subject or database title (see the tab labeled "Index").
Also includes free journals generally available via the Internet and individual subscriptions.
- Academic Search Complete ~
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- Scholarly, multi-discipline, full-text database. Subject areas include
sciences, social sciences, education, computer sciences, literature, and
medical sciences.
- Agricola
- Comprehensive indexing of literature in agriculture and related subjects from the National Library of Agriculture.
- Alt HealthWatch
- Broad coverage of alternative and complmentary healthcare from full-text research journals,
pamplets, reports, proceedings and consumer health newsletters.
- ARTStor
- Locate images of paintings, sculpture, photographs, artifacts, architecture,
interior design elements and more. Images can be printed or saved, but must
be used for non-profit, educational use for Lone Star College System classes only. Special Lone Star College System instructor
privileges are available by sending an email to the Tomball
Service Desk with your course information.
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- Bibliography of Native North Americans
- Books, journal articles, and US and Canadian government documents provide a wide range of information on the culture, history and life of Native North Americans.
- Biography Reference Bank
- Locate biographical information on artists, painters, sculptors, photographers
and more.
- Business
& Company Resource Center
- Full-text directory,
investment and market share information from a variety of sources.
Create lists of companies by SIC or NAICS code or geographical area.
- Business
Source Complete
- Largely full-text coverage of such topics as
accounting, banking, finance, international business, management,
marketing, real estate, regional studies, sales, trade and technology; historical coverage back to 1886 for the most important business journals.
Search by subject, company name, DUNS number or industry (NAICS) code.
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- careers-internet.org
- Look
up a career and find in depth information on it.
- Census 2000
Free access
- Excellent
source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- The
premier professional publication for education news and insights.
- CINAHL
(Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) with Full-Text
- Locate
articles from over 1,700 current publications dating back to 1982; full
text for 560 journals, as well as clinical trials, legal cases and more with indexing from 1937 to date.
- Columbia Granger's
World of Poetry
- Search for an entire poem by title, subject or
author.
- Communication
& Mass Media Complete
- Search over 200 journals in mass media and communication; full-text of
articles are provided for most sources, with historical coverage of 26 major
communication journals included.
- Computer Source
- Full text articles from over 300 popular magazines and research journals in computing and related fields.
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Consumer Health Complete
- Health and medical information from articles in
popular magazines, reference books, pamplets and more for a general audience. Includes images and diagrams. Some content available in Spanish.
- Congress.org Free access
- Identify and contact your federal and
state elected officials
- Contemporary Authors
- Biographies and list of works for authors from around the world.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
- Literary criticism for contemporary authors, with suggestions for further research and study.
- CountryWatch
- Political, economic, cultural , business & environmental information.
- CQ
Researcher
- Well-researched current issues, full text.
- CQ Weekly
- Unique, non-partison coverage of U.S. Congressional issues includes updates on legislation and in-depth reports on current topics.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Biographical, critical and other information on literary figures throughout history.
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- EBSCO Animals
- Includes encyclopedia articles; See
for articles with images.
- ERICFree
access
- The Education Resources Information Center includes
indexing for education
journals from around the globe. Also included are government
reports, conference proceedings, project and program descriptions,
curriculum guides, bibliographies, and more, with links to full-text
for an increasing number of its ED, or Eric Document references. Also available is a version of ERIC provided through EBSCO.
- Economia y Negocios
- Index only (no full text)
for Spanish and Portuguese language economic journals.
- eLibrary (Curriculum Edition)
- Articles, images, videos, maps, dictionary & encyclopedia information on all topics.
- Export.gov Free access
- The
United States Commercial Service assists small to medium sized
businesses benefit from international trade. Includes market research,
counseling, product promotion, exporting resources, and commercial news.
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- Facts.com
- 20 years of full-text news on the Internet with frequent updates from
Facts on File World News Digest and Reuters. Select other tabs to search "Issues and Controversies, " "Today's Science," "World Almanac" and "World Almanac Encyclopedia."
- FREDI (Fast Retrieval
of Economic Development Information)
- Local demographic statistics for the Harris County and Montgomery County
area from the Lone Star College System's Center for Business & Economic Development.
- Firstgov.gov Free access
- The government's index to all government
web sites.
- Fuente Academica
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Full text articles from Spanish and Latin American scholarly journals on all subjects.
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- Brief articles on a wide range of subjects; includes some images
- Gale Literary Databases
- Search Contemporary Authors
, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography
for biograpical, bibliographical and critical information on literary figures worldwide.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- A collection of reference sources in humanites, literature, history and law. Search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of
Literary Biography individually or in one step to locate
biographical and critical articles on more than 110,000 authors and
their writings. Other sources include: The College Blue Book, Business Plans Handbook, Philip's Astronomy Handbook, Encyclopedia of Human Development, Encyclopedia of Bioethics, and Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport.
- Gallup
Brain
- Search 60 years of public opinion, view the latest polls, and create your
own customized trend analysis.
- GreenFile
- Search government documents, professional and research sources for information on "all aspects of human impact to the environment." Includes topics such as green building practices, sustainable agriculture, climate change, recycling, renewable resources, and more.
- Grove
Dictionary of Art (now included in Oxford Art Online)
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- Handbook of Texas Free access in Texas.
- Full text. Texas history &
geography.
- Health
& Wellness Resource Center
- Find scholarly research articles, look up medical terms, drug interactions,
read current health and medical news and link to selected Internet sources.
- Health
Reference Center Academic
- Choose this link to search only for health related articles or choose
the Health &
Wellness Resource Center for articles, reference sources, current news,
and more.
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Health Source: Consumer Edition
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Find a wide range of health, medical and nutritional information, with an emphasis on popular
sources. Includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, with up-to-date drug monographs.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- Scholarly journal articles for nursing and allied health; also included are drug monographs for herbal and nutritional supplements, and over-the-counter and new prescription drugs.
- HeritageQuest
- Genealogical research materials including census records, military records,
and family and local histories
- History Reference Center
- Find the full-text for journal articles, reference books, non-fiction books, as well as thousands of historial photographs, maps and videos.
- History
Study Center
- Digital dissertations, articles and primary sources for British, American
and world history.
- Houston
Chronicle
- Full text newspaper, no pictures or ads, from 1985 to date.
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- MedicLatina
- MedlinePlus Free access
- Consumer Health and
Disease information from the National Library of Medicine includes
full-text journal articles.
- Merck Manual Free access
- Full text of the classic medical reference
book covering diseases and treatment.
- Military
& Government Collection
- Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military,
this database offers a thorough collection of military titles, trade publications,
pamphlets and news weeklies. Includes abstracts and indexing for over
430 titles, 230 of which are full text.
- MLA
International Bibliography
- Choose "Advanced Search" to include MLA Bibliography results with your search or select "MLA International Bibliography" from menu to search only this source. Index to literary criticism and humanities topics in
scholarly journals and books. Most thorough source from the
Modern Language Association. Limited full-text is available.
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- National Geographic Magazine
- CD-ROM In-library use or check-out. Full text articles and pictures
1888 to 1995. Online Index
Free access.
- Natural & Alternative Treatments
- Encyclopedia-type articles provide unbiased information on alternative therapies and
treatments. Select one of five categories (Conditions, Herbs & Supplements, Drug Interactions,
Alternative Therapies, and Functional Foods.
- NAXOS Music Library
- Listen to over 85,000 tracks of classical, jazz, folk and world music
and study music terminology, history and biographical sources, as well as
selected opera synopses and libretti. Instructors may go to this link to create a playlist for their students. Call 281-312-1693 or email kingwood.lrc@lonestar.edu for an instructor username and password.
* Requires Windows Media
Player version 9(select version 9 for Windows XP; Windows 98 SE, Me,
and 2000; or Mac OS X).
- NetLibrary
- Electronic books on many subjects including business, computers, and literature.
To check out eBooks for 24 hours, click on the "Create a Free Account"
link in the upper right corner. If you do not see this link or need help,
please call Reference at 281-312-1693.
Learn how to search Netlibrary for literary criticism!
- New
York Times Historical (ProQuest) - 1851 to 2003.
- Choose
"Collections" to select database and search deep back file; search ProQuest National Newspapers for more recent articles, includes from 1980 to the present..
- Occupational Therapy [OT
BibSys]
- Index, with some abstracts.
- Opposing
Viewpoints
- An electronic version of the book series which take a topic and looks
at both sides of an issue. Find viewpoint essays, plus statistics, images,
and magazine and journal articles.
- Oxford Art Online (includes Grove Dictionary of Art)
- Full text art reference covering all the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990's with image links.
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- Project
MUSE
- Search and browse the full text of nearly 250 journals from 40 scholarly
publishers in the arts, humanities and social sciences. [List of journals]
- ProQuest
National Newspapers
- Search the New York Times (1980 to date), Wall
Street Journal (1984 to date), Washington Post (1987 to date) , or Christian
Science Monitor (1988 to date) or select the "Publications" tab to add Houston Chronicle (1985 to date) and Los Angeles Times (1985 to date) to your search.
- ProQuest
Research Library
- Over 1900 journals in all subjects, mostly full text, updated daily.
- PubMed Free access
- National Library of Medicine's comprehensive, international
index to medical journals, with some
abstracts.
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- Regional
Business News
- Indexes business journals, newspapers and daily business newswires representing
all major urban and rural areas of the U.S. Some full-text.
- RIA Checkpoint
- Comprehensive tax, accounting and financial reporting and management research
service. *For Accounting students/faculty only. Logins are
issued by the Accounting faculty.
- Science.gov Free
access
- "Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science
information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research
and development results."
- Stat!Ref
- An online, full-text medical reference library.
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- Texas
Digital Sanborn Maps
- Historic property and land-use maps for Texas towns and cities from the
late 1800's to mid-1950's.
- Texas Reference Center
- A unique collection of full-text magazines and books provide up-to-date information on Texas current events, literature, history, science, business and more.
- Texas Statutes Free access
- Searchable full-text statutes of the state of Texas.
- Thomas (Legislative Information on
the Internet) Free access
- Named for Thomas Jefferson, this service, produced by the Library of Congress,
is the best resource to use for tracking a bill through Congress.
- Thomson
Micromedex Healthcare Series
- Find reference material on clinical toxicology, basic medical calculators
and evidence-based answers for disease management and treatment in this
resource designed for patient care professionals. In addition, link to the
CareNotes
system which provides easy-to-understand medical information for patients,
in English and Spanish
- Title Source (Baker & Taylor)
- Index to books, with availability & bibliographic information.
Call extension 1693 for password. Faculty only.
- Today's
Science On File
- From Facts.com, the latest developments in science, medicine,
and technology.
- US Pharmacopeia Free access
- A guide to over 9,000 prescription and over the counter drugs.
-
Visual Thesaurus
- Expand your word IQ or find alternate keywords to improve your searches in our
other databases. Search results include a word map, definitions, pronounciation, parts of speech, and antonyms.
- Westlaw
Campus Research
- Recent news, including television transcripts, as well as legal and business
information. Seach legal encyclopedias, law reviews and use WestLaw's exclusive
KeyCite® to research the history of federal and state cases, statutes and
administrative decisions.
- World Almanac
- Available through Facts.com.
- World
Cat/OCLC
- Search libraries worldwide.
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