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Databases you may search from your office computer:

Article and Citation Sources

InfoTrac has four databases containing citations and often full text of reference works and journal articles. The databases are General Reference Gold; Health Reference Center Academic; the New York Times; and Kid's Edition.

Firstsearch is a collection of subject specific databases ranging from medicine and law through the arts and social sciences. Many of them contain full text articles.

MeL, the Michigan eLibrary, provides full-text journals and newspapers including Newsbank (Lansing State Journal, Detroit News, Grand Rapids Press) and the New York Times and thousands more as well as databases such as Academic OneFile, Medline, and InfoTrac OneFile which include publications as diverse as Time and Science.

Child Welfare Information Gateway, formerly Child Abuse and Neglect Clearinghouse Database, is a database containing over 32,000 records on child abuse and neglect and child welfare issues. It is searchable by keywords, authors' names, and publication year.

Directories

Associations Unlimited is a directory of national and international associations and organizations.

Biographical

Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes current and retrospective biographical works that cover living and deceased individuals, with a worldwide scope.

Government, Law and Policy

CQ Researcher is a weekly public policy "hot topic" magazine. Each issue covers a single topic indepth. The subscription includes back issues and is searchable.

Michiganlegislature.org searches and accesses Michigan Compiled Laws, current bills, the Michigan Manual and more.

Library of Michigan Books

NetLibrary is a collection of thousands of full text, electronic books.

ANSWER is the online catalog of materials at the Library of Michigan and State Law Library.

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Updated 02/26/2008