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Research Databases

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A to Z Print: Adams State print journals Print journals. Lists journals, magazines, and newspapers available at the Adams State library in either paper or microfilm format. no
Adams State Library Catalog Shows the books, videos and other materials owned by Adams State Nielsen Library. no
Art & Architecture Complete Covers a wide variety of subjects, including antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design, and more. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Academic Search
Complete
Multi-disciplinary - academic resources. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Agricola Agriculture. Contains records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Business Source
Premier
Business. Users can search for full-text articles and browse company and industry profiles, view country reports and more. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
(NEW) Business Source Complete
Business. Includes indexing and abstracts for the scholarly business journals dating back to 1886 and provides searchable cited references for more than 1,300 journals. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Chronicle of Higher
Education

Education. Contains news, information, and job listings related to the world of academia.  Full access is available only from on campus. yes
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers History. Search and view American newspapers from 1880-1922. Also provides information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. yes
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Nursing and consumer health. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
Colorado's Historic
Newspaper Collection
History. Includes more than 500,000 digitized pages, representing 163 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923. yes
ebrary: Electronic books
Multi-disciplinary. Contains electronic books on a variety of subjects. Use your 900# to access off-campus.
yes
EBSCOhost
on-campus access
Multi-disciplinary. A collection of databases where you can search individual or multiple databases at a time. yes
EBSCOhost
off-campus access
Multi-disciplinary. To access from off-campus, first login to the library's passwords page using your Adams State username and password to obtain EBSCOhost's login information.
yes
EBSCOhost
special link
It is necessary to use this link only in one unique circumstance. If you want to access Adams State's collection of EBSCOhost databases from a different library or institution which has its own subscription to EBSCOhost, you may need to use this link in order to bypass the other library's setup and to access Adams State's. If you have any questions or difficulties, please call the reference desk at 719-587-7879 or the technology librarian at 719-587-7581. yes
Electronic Journals Service (EBSCOhost)
 EJS helps the library manage the single passwords to online subscriptions that come with having print subscriptions to certain journals. To get started, browse or search for the journal, issue, or article you're looking for, then follow links to the full text.
yes linked
ERIC (EBSCOhost) Education. Requires a username and password.  See EBSCOhost for more information.  yes
ERIC (public site)
Education. Does not require a username and password. yes
Films on Demand (On trial) Multi-Disciplinary. Offers streaming educational videos on a variety of subjects. Password required for off-campus access. N/A
Funk & Wagnalls
New World Encyclopedia
General encyclopedia. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
(NEW) GEORef
Earth Sciences. Covers the geology of North America from 1669 to the present and dates back to 1933 for the rest of the world with over 3,500 journals reviewed for indexing, as well as books, maps, government reports, conference papers, and theses and dissertations.See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
(NEW) GEORef in Process
Earth Sciences. Intended as a supplement to the main GeoRef database and contains unedited records that are still in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the main GeoRef database. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
Gold Rush: Adams State electronic jounals Electronic journals. Lists the journals, magazines, and newspapers available full-text online to Adams State patrons. Also lists those titles which are indexed (generally with an abstract) online. Directs the user to the appropriate database(s) for a given title.  yes linked
GPO: US Government Printing Office
Political Science. Catalog of publications from the Government Printing Office including congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records. Also contains judiciary materials and reports issued by executive departments (e.g., Defense, State, Labor). yes
GreenFILE Environmental Science. Explores the human impact on the environment. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
(NEW) Historical Abstracts with Full Text History. Covers world history (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 - present, providing access to the full text of more than 380 journals and 140 books. See EBSCOhost for more information. no
LexisNexis
on-campus access
Multi-disciplinary. Covers legal issues, medical topics, news, public records, and business information. Contains reference materials including country profiles, polls and surveys, quotations, and state profiles. Includes state and federal case law, as well as state and federal codes and regulations and covers U.S. patents from 1971 to the present. yes
LexisNexis
off-campus access
See description above.  yes
Library of American Civilization History and literature. Covers many aspects of life in the United States from colonial times to the beginning of World War I.  yes
MAS Ultra
Resources appropriate for research by high school students. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
MasterFILE Premier Multi-disciplinary. Contains reference and primary resources covering popular and academic topics. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Mental Measurements
Yearbook with Tests in Print
Psychology. A guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments that does not contain the tests themselves. Only one patron may access at a time. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Middle Search Plus Resources appropriate for research by middle school students. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
MLA Directory of Periodicals Literature. Offers detailed information on over 5,500 journals including editorial contact information, frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines. See EBSCOhost for more information. no
MLA International Bibliography Literature. Offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations dating back to the 1920s and contains over 2.3 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Biology and medicine.  Journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics. yes
Newspaper Source Newspapers.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
NoveList Plus Popular literature. See EBSCOhost for more information. no
Nursing Reference Center Nursing. See EBSCOhost for more information. N/A
Oxford English Dictionary English and literature. The OED is a historical dictionary and thesaurus that contains definitons, origins, and timelines for over 600,000 words. N/A
Oxford Music Online Music. Includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and Grove Music Online. yes
Primary Search
Resources appropriate for research by elementary school students. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Prospector:
Library Catalog
Shows books, videos, and other materials owned by Colorado and Wyoming libraries and available for free by request. no
PsycARTICLES
Psychology. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
PsycINFO
Psychology. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
PubMed Health and Medicine. PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine and covers all areas of health and medicine. PubMed includes MEDLINE, OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man), Genome (whole genomes of over 1000 viruses and over 100 microbes), and more.  yes
Regional
Business News
Business. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
SocINDEX with Full Text
Sociology. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
SPORTDiscus with Full Text Sports and sports medicine.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
TOPICsearch Multi-disciplinary - popular sources. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Valley Courier Headlines Indexing of the Valley Courier from September 1997 to the present. The information provided includes headlines, general subject area, date, page, and column.  From 1956 - 1997 some obituaries are indexed.
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Wall Street Journal Business. To access from off-campus, first login to the library's passwords page using your Adams State username and password to obtain login information. yes
WorldCat
(OCLC)

WorldCat
(FirstSearch)
WorldCat is the world's largest database of library collections and contains the holdings of thousands of libraries around the world. It does not contain information on individual journal articles, but does contain information about journal titles. It also contains information about books, videos, maps, and more.