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Associate Program Source Databases from EBSCO
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Designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, the Associate's Program Source databases provide comprehensive coverage of the most relevant associates program level content including subjects as wide-ranging as: alcohol & drug abuse counseling, audiology, biotechnology, computer & data processing, CAD, cosmetology, electrical technology, fashion design, forensics, graphic arts, health information technology, interior design, law enforcement & criminal justice, paralegal studies, robotics, travel & tourism, veterinary assisting, and dozens more equally varied areas of study.

Associates's Program Source, $11,560
1,000 Full Text journals 10 Full Text Books (Title List)

Associates's Program Source Plus, $19,600
2,000 Full Text Journals 400 Full Text Books (Title List)

Depending upon participation, discounts can go as high as 35%. If you would like to join the group for an August 1 start date, please contact Cheryl Bradley (608.265.4167) no later than June 30.

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Free trial access to the following databases is active until 7/15/08.

Databases available on the trial:

Academic Search Premier Upgrade

• Full text for more than 4,500 titles.
  • As an upgrade from from Academic Search Elite, doubles the amount of full text titles currently available (over 2,600 additional titles)
• Indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals
• PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals.
• Searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles.
• Full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.
• Journals & Magazines: www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/ap-journals.xls
• Other Sources: www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/ap-other.xls
• Current WiLS group runs 8/1/08-7/31/09.

  Academic Search Complete Upgrade

• More than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals.
• Indexing and abstracts for more than 9,500 journals and a total of more than 10,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
• Coverage in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to:
  • animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy,
  • biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering,
  • ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology,
  • law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music,
  • pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology,
  • religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields.
• PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
• Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
• Journals & Magazines Title List: www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/a9-journals.xls
• Other Sources Title List: www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/a9-other.xls
• Current WiLS group runs 8/1/08-7/31/09

Christian Periodical Index

• Current indexing includes over 130 titles and over 250 journals with indexing back to 1976.
• Contains over 136,170 articles and over 92,000 reviews.
• Subjects include:
  • Religion, theology, biblical studies, pastoral theology as well science, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, history, sociology and education which put forth a Christian worldview. Including: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Leadership, Journal of Christian Nursing, Hymn, Bible and Spade, Discipleship Journal, Group, Youthworker, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Weavings, Worship Leader, etc.
• The index is owned and indexed by the Association of Christian Librarians.
• More Information: www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=887
• New to EBSCOhost this year!

CINAHL with Full Text

• Searchable cited references for 1,147 journals from 2000 to present.
• 579 total full text journals.
• 326 active full-text journals not available as active full text in ProQuest CINAHL with Full Text, including:
  • British Journal of Nursing (BJN)
  • RN
• PreCINAHL- contains immediate TOC for 1,762 core journals (1,553 of those titles also offer immediate access to author-supplied abstracts) while the very complex and high quality indexing process goes on behind the scenes.
• Title List: www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/rn-coverage.xls
• Current WiLS group runs 8/1/08-7/31/09

EconLit with Full Text

• Contains all of the content available in EconLit
• Full text for nearly 440 journals
• Including titles from the American Economic Association (all with no embargo), such as:
  • American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives.
• Can be searched using a publications index.
• EconLit, the American Economic Association's electronic database, is the world's foremost source of references to economic literature.
• Uses the JEL classification system and controlled vocabulary of keywords to index six types of records: journal articles, books, collective volume articles, dissertations, working papers, and full text book reviews from the Journal of Economic Literature.
• Full Text Coverage Only Title List: www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/e4-coverage.xls

Education Research Complete

• The world's largest and most complete collection of full text education journals
• Covers all active journals indexed in Wilson's Education Full Text
• Indexing and abstracts for more than 1,840 journals
• Full text for more than 950 journals
• Full text for 81 books and monographs
• Full text for numerous education-related conference papers
• Covers all active education journals indexed in Wilson Education Abstracts
• Title List: www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/eh-coverage.xls
• Current WiLS group runs 8/1/08-7/31/09

Nursing Reference Center

• A tool for nurses designed to provide relevant evidence-based medical information including:
  • Clinically Organized Quick Lessons and Evidence-based Care Sheets
  • Comprehensive Drug Information
  • Evidence-based Patient Handouts (English & Spanish)
  • Detailed Medical Illustrations
  • Nursing Guides and Continuing Education Module
• Searching can be done in a variety of ways including: Diseases & Conditions, Drug Information, Patient Education, Practice Resources and Continuing Education. Nursing Reference Center can also be searched using the standard nursing process ADPIE (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation).
• Links to content in CINAHL & MEDLINE for one-stop searching
• More information: www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=860
• New to EBSCOhost!

Philosopher's Index

• Produced by the Philosophers Information Center.
• Bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy.
• Considered the most thorough index of journal literature on the subject, features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews.
• Covers the fifteen fields of philosophy: aesthetics, axiology, philosophy of education, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of history, philosophy of language, logic, metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, metaphilosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of science, social philosophy, and the philosophy of religion.
• Contains research published since 1940 including nearly 570 journals from 43 countries with content representing a variety of languages.
• New to EBSCOhost!

Points of View Reference Center

• Provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
• Over 200 topics, each with an overview, point and counterpoint.
• Materials from all viewpoints, including:
  • The Nation,
  • The New Republic,
  • Congressional Digest,
  • National Review,
  • Newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and more.
• Critical Thinking Guides- to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers.
• Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century
• Additional information: http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=770
  Unique features & content NOT available in Gale's Opposing Viewpoints
• POV provides more main topics.
• Offers Overview, Point & Counterpoint articles.
• More non-journal content (primary source documents, reference materials, etc).
• Critical Thinking Guides
• The Nation, The New Republic, Congressional Digest- NOT available in Opposing Viewpoints
• Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century- New to POV!

  Social Work Abstracts

• Offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1977
• Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• Provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including:
  • Theory and Practice
  • Areas of Service
  • Social Issues and Problem
• Scholarly and professional perspectives on subjects such as:
  • Therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, civil and legal rights and more
• More Information: www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=826
• New to EBSCOhost!

SocINDEX with Full Text

• The largest & most relevant collection of indexing & abstracting with full text journal content focusing on sociology and all closely related studies.
• More than 1,918,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300+ term sociological thesaurus.
• Informative abstracts for more than 845 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895.
• Data mined from more than 670 "priority" coverage journals as well as from 2,800 "selective" coverage journals.
• Extensive indexing for books/monographs, conference papers, and other non-periodical content sources is included.
• FULL TEXT for 428 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 163 "priority" coverage journals.
• FULL TEXT for more than 735 books and monographs and FULL TEXT for 6,785 conference papers.
• Searchable cited references are also provided.
• Features over 10,000 Author Profiles.
• Title List: www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/si-coverage.xls

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