| *DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library is the provider for the following list of database subscriptions. |
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Academic Search Premier Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This multi-disciplinary database provides information for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Agricola Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
| Teens - Not Recommended | |
| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Alt HealthWatch Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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AP NewsMonitor Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | AP News provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from the Associated Press on a continuous basis. |
| Subject: | News |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Applied Science & Technology Full Text Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This database contains the full text of core English-language, scientific and technical publication articles available from more than 220 periodicals dating back to 1997. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Auto Repair Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. |
| Subject: | Automotive |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Biography In Context Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, or by keyword and full text. |
| Subject: | Biography |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Bloom’s Literary Reference Online Available at all library locations; requires a library card, a username, and a password |
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| Description: | This database explores the lives and work of different authors from all time periods from around the world. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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BrainPOP Jr. Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Hosts videos, quizzes, and lessons for children from kindergarten to 3rd grade. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Britannica Online from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Includes encyclopedia articles, magazines and journals, Web sites, multimedia, dictionary and thesaurus entries. Additional content sources include Year in Review, World Data Analyst, Notable Quotations and Gateway to the Classics. Access to two homepages: Britannica Kids for children and young adults, and Britannica Reference Center for older students and adults. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Britannica Online from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Includes encyclopedia articles, magazines and journals, Web sites, multimedia, dictionary and thesaurus entries. Additional content sources include Year in Review, World Data Analyst, Notable Quotations and Gateway to the Classics. Access to two homepages: Britannica Kids for children and young adults, and Britannica Reference Center for older students and adults. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Business Source Premier Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Business Source Premier provides information for more than 2,300 journals, including full text articles for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Career eBook Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Customized collection of more than 250 electronic books for vocational needs. Titles focused on career selection, résumé and cover letter writing, interviewing, changing careers, test-taking strategies and more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Computer Source Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in computer technology. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Consumer Health Complete Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Consumer Health Complete is designed for everyday questions about health care information. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Credo Reference Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Credo Reference hosts more than 550 reference titles from respected academic presses around the world. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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CultureGrams Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Country reports that provide snapshots of the world’s cultures. 200+ United Nations-member countries included, with reports containing information on history, customs, family, lifestyle, recipes, economy and more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Education Full Text Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Content includes in-depth coverage of special education topics. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Enciclopedia Juvenil (Spanish) from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Includes more than 1,500 encyclopedia articles and 1,000 pictures in the Spanish language. Contains interactive materials supporting language arts, math, science and social studies. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Enciclopedia Juvenil (Spanish) from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Includes more than 1,500 encyclopedia articles and 1,000 pictures in the Spanish language. Contains interactive materials supporting language arts, math, science and social studies. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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ERIC Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
| Teens - Not Recommended | |
| Children - Not Recommended | |
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European Views of the Americas Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This bibliographic database is an index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
| Teens - Not Recommended | |
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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card, a username, and a password |
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| Description: | Complete career research database of jobs, skills, and resources |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Fuente Academica Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Fuente Académica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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GreenFILE Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Health Source: Consumer Edition Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Health Source: Consumer Edition is a rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
| Teens - Not Recommended | |
| Children - Not Recommended | |
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History Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | History Reference Center is a comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Kids Infobits Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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LearningExpress Library Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Comprehensive collection of test-preparation tools, skill-building materials, and other career and life skills resources including Practice tests for GED preparation, job and career goals, undergraduate and graduate school admission, and U.S. citizenship. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Library Literature & Information Science Index Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Library Literature & Information Science Index™ provides cover-to-cover indexing of over 400 journals, including key library and information science periodicals. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
| Teens - Not Recommended | |
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Literary Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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MAS Ultra - School Edition Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text articles for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines such as Jet and Teen People. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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MasterFILE Premier Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | MasterFILE Premier contains full text articles for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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MEDLINE Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Middle Search Plus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Middle Search Plus provides full text articles for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines such as Time and Transworld Skateboarding. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Military & Government Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
| Teens - Not Recommended | |
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Newspaper Source Plus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts. |
| Subject: | News |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Novelist K-8 Plus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This database helps readers find good reads from board books to adolescent age books. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Novelist Plus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Contains over 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more. NoveList Plus is a complete readers’ resource. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Nursing Resource Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Includes disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
| Teens - Not Recommended | |
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Opposing Viewpoints In Context Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Points of View Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Points of View Reference Center is designed to assist students and researchers in understanding the differing views of and the full scope of controversial subjects. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Primary Search Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Primary Search provides full text articles for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Professional Development Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
| Teens - Not Recommended | |
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Regional Business News Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Regional Business News incorporates more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. |
| Subject: | News |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Religion and Philosophy Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | The Religion & Philosophy Collection is a comprehensive database covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Science Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Searchasaurus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Searchasaurus makes it easy for younger students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful information on research topics. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Small Business Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Small Business Reference Center provides up to date information on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Student Research Center: High School Research Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for high school students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful information on research topics. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Student Research Center: Middle School Research Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for middle school students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful information on research topics. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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StudySC Available at all library locations; available outside library |
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| Description: | StudySC is a website that provides online content to support South Carolina-specific curriculum standards. Created by the South Carolina State Library, StudySC makes available a student-friendly environment arranged by grade level and by subject area where students can find the information they need fast. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Teacher Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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TOPICsearch Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | TOPICsearch contains full text for over 150,000 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, magazines, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Vocational & Career Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade, vocational, and industry-related periodicals. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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