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Biography Reference Bank (Wilson)
| Vendor | EBSCOhost |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=brb |
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| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | UAS |
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| Description | Wilson’s largest biography database has combined the in-depth, original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, plus the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases (including biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, or obituaries). Biography Reference Bank offers a breadth and depth of information you’ll find in no other biography database. It covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images. |
| Subjects | Arts and Humanities General and Multidisciplinary Newspapers and Current Events Reference, Almanacs, Encyclopedias |
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| Category | Databases |
Newspaper Source Plus
| Vendor | EBSCOhost |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=n5h |
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| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | Statewide |
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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. |
| Subjects | General and Multidisciplinary Newspapers and Current Events |
| Recommended | Newspapers and Current Events |
| Category | Databases |
Intute
| Vendor | Other |
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| url | http://www.intute.ac.uk |
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| Type | Non-Database |
| Licence | Other |
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| Description | Web portal created by UK academic librarians that provides an annotated web directory with search and browse capabilities for resources in a wide range of academic disciplines. Each site has a record with subject headings and uncontrolled keywords. Intute also provides a Virtual Training Suite with free online tutorials for many academic disciplines, including those taught at UAS. |
| Subjects | Arts and Humanities Business and Management Education Environmental Sciences General and Multidisciplinary Government, Political Science, Law Health Sciences Life Sciences Literature Newspapers and Current Events Physical Sciences and Mathematics Reference, Almanacs, Encyclopedias Social Sciences |
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| Category | Internet Resources |
Google Scholar
| Vendor | Other |
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| url | http://scholar.google.com |
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| Type | Non-Database |
| Licence | Other |
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| Description | Search for peer-reviewed academic papers across many disciplines found in many different sources. |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues Arts and Humanities Business and Management Education Environmental Sciences General and Multidisciplinary Government, Political Science, Law Health Sciences Life Sciences Literature Newspapers and Current Events Physical Sciences and Mathematics Reference, Almanacs, Encyclopedias Social Sciences Technology and Computing |
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| Category | Internet Resources |
WorldCat
| Vendor | OCLC Firstsearch |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://firstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldCat;FSIP |
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| Type | Citation/Abstract |
| Licence | UAS |
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| Description | Millions of records for books and other materials worldwide. Identify resources not available in the Juneau library system in WorldCat and order through interlibrary loan. |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues Arts and Humanities Business and Management Education Environmental Sciences General and Multidisciplinary Government, Political Science, Law Health Sciences Life Sciences Literature Newspapers and Current Events Physical Sciences and Mathematics Reference, Almanacs, Encyclopedias Social Sciences Technology and Computing |
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| Category | Books, E-books |
Digital Pipeline
| Vendor | Other |
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| If Other: Name | SLED - Databases for Alaskans |
| url | http://sled.alaska.edu/databases/home.html |
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| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | Statewide |
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| Description | Formerly known as 'Databases for Alaskans', the Digital Pipeline is a grouping of databases for Alaskan citizens to search for information from articles and selected reference sources. Look under the subject categories, or click the link to 'List of resources by name'. |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues Arts and Humanities Business and Management Education Environmental Sciences General and Multidisciplinary Government, Political Science, Law Health Sciences Life Sciences Literature Newspapers and Current Events Reference, Almanacs, Encyclopedias Social Sciences Technology and Computing |
| Recommended | General and Multidisciplinary |
| Category | Databases |
SLED
| Vendor | Other |
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| If Other: Name | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| url | http://sled.alaska.edu |
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| Type | Non-Database |
| Licence | Other |
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| Description | The Statewide Library Electronic Doorway - Alaska's Virtual Library and Digital Archives with information resources for, about, and by Alaskans. |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues Arts and Humanities Education General and Multidisciplinary Government, Political Science, Law Newspapers and Current Events Reference, Almanacs, Encyclopedias Social Sciences Technology and Computing |
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| Category | Internet Resources |
RefWorks
| Vendor | RefWorks |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.refworks.com:80/Refworks/ |
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| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | UAS |
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| Description | Allows users to create a personalized bibliographic database. RefWorks supports hundreds of databases provided by numerous data vendors. After creating a personal account, you may import citations into RefWorks to save and manipulate them in a variety of ways; this includes the ability to create bibliographies in multiple writing styles such as MLA or APA. A plug-in tool for Microsoft Word (called Write-n-Cite) gives the ability to synchronize your word processing document with your RefWorks database, to insert citations and create a bibliography based on inserted citations. |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues Arts and Humanities Business and Management Education Environmental Sciences General and Multidisciplinary Government, Political Science, Law Health Sciences Life Sciences Literature Newspapers and Current Events Physical Sciences and Mathematics Reference, Almanacs, Encyclopedias Social Sciences Technology and Computing |
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| Category | Tools |
Wall Street Journal
| Vendor | ProQuest |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/publication/10482/?accountid=44766 |
| Coverage Begins | 1984 |
| Coverage Ends | present |
| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | UAS |
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| Description | The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news. |
| Subjects | Business and Management Newspapers and Current Events |
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| Category | Databases |
Regional Business News
| Vendor | EBSCOhost |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=bwh |
| Coverage Begins | 1990 |
| Coverage Ends | present |
| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | Statewide |
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| Description | Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, including 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas of the United States. Updated daily. |
| Subjects | Business and Management Newspapers and Current Events |
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| Category | Databases |
ProQuest National Newspapers
| Vendor | ProQuest |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/nationalnewscore?accountid=44766 |
| Coverage Begins | Varies |
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| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | UAS |
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| Description | Includes a collection of national newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post |
| Subjects | Newspapers and Current Events |
| Recommended | Newspapers and Current Events |
| Category | Databases |
Newspaper Source
| Vendor | EBSCOhost |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=nfh |
| Coverage Begins | Varies |
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| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | Statewide |
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| Description | Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selected full text for more than 230 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full text television and radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc. |
| Subjects | Newspapers and Current Events |
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| Category | Databases |
Newsbank
| Vendor | NewsBank |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com |
| Coverage Begins | Varies |
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| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | Other |
| License Detail | with UAA? |
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| Description | Search national newspapers (including USA Today), search by region/state, or by individual newspaper. Alaskan newspapers included in NewsBank are the Juneau Empire, Anchorage Daily News, and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - search all Alaska sources at once or individually. Each newspaper has different dates of availability. The database includes all full text but no graphics or advertisements. |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues General and Multidisciplinary Newspapers and Current Events |
| Recommended | Alaskan Issues |
| Category | Databases |
Master File Premier
| Vendor | EBSCOhost |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=f5h |
| Coverage Begins | 1975 |
| Coverage Ends | present |
| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | Statewide |
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| Description | Full text of almost 2,000 publications covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. Designed for public library patrons. |
| Subjects | General and Multidisciplinary Newspapers and Current Events |
| Recommended | General and Multidisciplinary Newspapers and Current Events |
| Category | Databases |
Library Catalog (CCLIC)
| Vendor | Other |
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| If Other: Name | Capital City Libraries Information Center |
| url | http://www.ccl.lib.ak.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/57/49?user_id=PACUAS&password=EGAN |
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| Type | Citation/Abstract |
| Licence | Other |
| License Detail | Open Access Juneau Area Libraries Catalog |
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| Description | The Capital City Libraries catalog includes the library holdings of University of Alaska Southeast Egan Library, the Juneau Public Libraries, the Alaska State Library, and the Juneau-Douglas High School Library. |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues Arts and Humanities Business and Management Education Environmental Sciences General and Multidisciplinary Government, Political Science, Law Health Sciences Life Sciences Literature Newspapers and Current Events Physical Sciences and Mathematics Reference, Almanacs, Encyclopedias Social Sciences Technology and Computing |
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| Category | Books, E-books |
Juneau Empire
| Vendor | NewsBank |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=JUEB |
| Coverage Begins | 1998 |
| Coverage Ends | present |
| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | Statewide |
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| Description | This database from NewsBank Full-Text Newspapers contains local news stories published in the Juneau Empire from 1998 to the present. It does not contain photos, graphics, national news stories or advertising (classified or retail). |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues Newspapers and Current Events |
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| Category | Databases |
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
| Vendor | NewsBank |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=FDNB |
| Coverage Begins | 2001 |
| Coverage Ends | present |
| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | Other |
| License Detail | with UAA? |
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| Description | This database from NewsBank Full-Text Newspapers contains local news stories published in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner from September 14, 2001 to the present. It does not contain photos, graphics, national news stories or advertising (classified or retail). |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues Newspapers and Current Events |
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| Category | Databases |
CQ Researcher
| Vendor | CQ Press |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://library.cqpress.com/cqres/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=titlepage.htm |
| Coverage Begins | 1991 |
| Coverage Ends | present |
| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | UAS |
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| Description | The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports. Every 12,000-word report is written by an experienced journalist and features comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts -- round out each report. |
| Subjects | Arts and Humanities General and Multidisciplinary Government, Political Science, Law Newspapers and Current Events Social Sciences |
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| Category | Databases |
Anchorage Daily News
| Vendor | NewsBank |
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| url | http://egandb.uas.alaska.edu:2048/login?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=ADNB |
| Coverage Begins | 1985 |
| Coverage Ends | present |
| Type | Full Text |
| Licence | Other |
| License Detail | Licensed with UAA? |
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| Description | This database from NewsBank Full-Text Newspapers contains local news stories published in the Anchorage Daily News from October 1985 to the present. It does not contain photos, graphics, national news stories or advertising (classified or retail). |
| Subjects | Alaskan Issues Newspapers and Current Events |
| Recommended | Alaskan Issues |
| Category | Databases |
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 | Master File Premier | EBSCOhost | Details |
| Newspaper Source Plus | EBSCOhost | Details |
| ProQuest National Newspapers | ProQuest | Details |
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| Anchorage Daily News | NewsBank | Details |
| Biography Reference Bank (Wilson) | EBSCOhost | Details |
| CQ Researcher | CQ Press | Details |
| Digital Pipeline | SLED - Databases for Alaskans | Details |
| Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | NewsBank | Details |
| Juneau Empire | NewsBank | Details |
| Master File Premier | EBSCOhost | Details |
| Newsbank | NewsBank | Details |
| Newspaper Source | EBSCOhost | Details |
| Newspaper Source Plus | EBSCOhost | Details |
| ProQuest National Newspapers | ProQuest | Details |
| Regional Business News | EBSCOhost | Details |
| Wall Street Journal | ProQuest | Details |
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 | Library Catalog (CCLIC) | Capital City Libraries Information Center | Details |
| WorldCat | OCLC Firstsearch | Details |
