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Advanced Placement Source™ is designed to meet the extensive needs of high school students enrolled in various AP courses. It offers a world of knowledge for students who seek to achieve academic excellence.
This database is designed to support students in multiple areas of study including:
- The Arts and music
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer science
- Economics & statistics
- Environmental science
- Government & politics
- Human geography
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Psychology
- U.S., European & world history
Advanced Placement Source contains more than 5,550 full-text academic journals and magazines and over 460,000 photos, maps and flags.
AgeLine® focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging. AgeLine is the premier source for the literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy. AgeLine also includes information for professionals working in aging-related fields and for consumers.
Biography Reference Bank offers the in-depth, original profiles of Wilson's Current Biographies Illustrated and World Authors series, the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, and the specialist biographical content of Junior Authors & Illustrators as well as biographical full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases, licensed profiles from other respected sources, and articles from today’s leading magazines and journals.
Content Includes:
- Coverage of more than 660,700 individuals
- Links to over 380,000 related full-text articles, as well as abstracts and images from thousands of periodicals, for the most current coverage of an individual’s life and work
- Over 35,400 images
- Substantive narrative profiles of about 3,000 words each
- Book review excerpts and full-text reviews
Biography Reference Center™ offers a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full-text biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.
Biological and Agricultural Index Plus (includes the Wilson Biological and Agricultural Index) Featuring the full text of core literature in biology and agriculture, as well as podcasts, abstracts and indexing of hundreds of publications, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus is a powerful working, learning, and research tool. The database features the full text of articles from over 100 journals, dating back to 1997,
Content Includes:
- Broad coverage of science issues, with about 45 percent of the focus on agriculture
- Abstracting and indexing of more than 380 publications, with over 200 peer-reviewed, dating as far back as 1983
- More than 200 podcasts from respected sources, including Boston's Museum of Science
Book Review Digest Plus (includes Wilson Book Review Digest) is an essential library tool that brings together book reviews on a wide range of topics, from a variety of sources. Unlike reviews on book-sale sites and the open Internet, many of the reviews are serious, academic works. This invaluable resource for literary and biographical research is essential for readers’ advisory and collection development.
Content Includes:
- A citation to every book review that appears in any of over 5,000+ indexed journals
- Over two million reviews, including citations, generous excerpts from book reviews, over 225,000 full-text reviews, and over 118,000 new reviews added each year
- “Master” records for each book, with links to reviews from various sources
- Retrospective coverage as far back as 1983
- Coverage of books for children with a suggested grade range
ConsumerReports® provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice across several franchises. Each product includes an overview and a ratings report card, as well as tester reviews & recommendations. Additional information includes brand reliability and user reviews, plus news, blogs, forums and video content.
ConsumerReportsHealth® is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics
ConsumerReports with Cars Best Deals® one of the most trusted resources for information and advice on consumer products, this award-winning website contains information that enables consumers to make better purchasing decisions on the products they are shopping for. In addition, users will find advice and tips on saving money on home improvement plans, how to shore up personal finances, ways to improve health and much more.
Current Biography Illustrated offers the content of the printed monthly magazine Current Biography originated by H.W. Wilson Company, in searchable, electronic format. Readers will be able to find accurate, up-to-date biographies drawing information from newspaper articles, magazine articles, and books. Students and patrons can search by name, profession, place of origin, gender, ethnicity, birth/death dates, titles of works and key words for more than 25,000 articles and obituaries.
In addition, profiles maintained in this database feature more than 19,500 images, and offer the subject's own views, attitudes and commentary as well as the commentaries of other journalists and colleagues. Now includes Wilson Current Biography 1940-present.
English Language Learner (ELL) Reference Center (for High School and Public Libraries)
ELL Reference Center provides users with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface, as well as reference materials that are created specifically for ELL students and the educators that work with them. Customized content is designed to support ELLs' English-language proficiency and comprehension—including literacy, researching, note-taking and academic writing. ELL Reference Center content covers a wide range of subject area topics—including Science, History, Civics, Life Skills and Literature—and is written in an age-appropriate interest level, using vocabulary and simplified structure helpful to non-native speakers.
Fold 3 (formerly Footnote History and Genealogy Archives) combines original historical documents and personal histories, creating a unique historical and genealogical resource. It also has a vast array of valuable and unique content consisting of well over 50 million historical documents and images. The collection features millions of images available from a content partnership with The National Archives. These digital images of records, preserved in the National Archives and other regional archives, represent a growing collection of historic documents— most never before available on the Internet.
Literary Reference Center™ Plus (Academic | High School | Public) 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. It has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges and undergraduate research.
Literary Reference Center Plus contains everything in Literary Reference Center, plus the following:
-Over 1,200 Additional Full-Text Literary Reference Books/Works
-Over 200 Additional Full-Text Literary Journals and Magazines
-New Contemporary Literature Titles from Salem Press and 40 Full-Text Literary Study Guides.
Note: Literary Reference Center is offered through BadgerLink.
NoveList®Plus Introduce both teachers and students to new books, and if you want to encourage independent reading and help students think more about why a particular story appeals to them -- you should look at NoveList® Plus! This product will allow you to enhance reading programs by pointing the way to not only quality fiction titles, but also nonfiction for your students and teachers. In addition to the robust database of fiction and nonfiction titles, NoveList Plus includes special sections for Teens, Older Kids, and Younger Kids that are dedicated to integrating fiction and narrative nonfiction in the classroom and across the curriculum.
NoveList Plus is an upgrade to NoveList. Contact your EBSCO sales representative for more information. Free trial>>
Please note: EBSCO's NoveList is available through BadgerLink.
Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 270 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more. Now includes Wilson's Current Issues in Environment, Careers, Health and Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus.
