Databases by Subject > General Interest

 Databases marked with the MeL logo    are provided to Lawrence Tech
by the Michigan Electronic Library, funded by a statewide sharing initiative

  A-to-Z LISTINGS OF FULL-TEXT PERIODICALS ONLINE 
Links to the electronic periodicals included with LTU’s subscriptions

 ART ABSTRACTS  (1984-present)
Art, Architecture, Design since 1984.  Linked to holdings at LTU.

 ARTICLE FIRST (1990-present)    
Covers wide range of topics.

 BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX 
15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people

BIOGRAPHY INDEX (1984-present)
Index to biographical information in books and articles

BOOK REVIEW INDEX (1983-present)
Reviews of English-language fiction and non fiction books

CCH HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Covers personnel, OSHA, payroll, pensions, and related laws

 CHILTON'S AUTO REPAIR ONLINE    
Fix your car with this electronic guidebook

 CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION ONLINE
Full-text of current and past issues back to 1989

 COMPUTER DATABASE   (1980-present)     
News and products for computers, software, electronics, etc.

EDUCATION ABSTRACTS  (1983-present)
Abstracts of articles on education

ERIC   (1966-present)    
Abstracts of articles and research reports in education

 ESSAY AND GENERAL LITERATURE INDEX (1985-present)
Essays and articles published within books and collected works

 EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP  (1980-present)    
Scholarly journals included in this cross-disciplinary

GALE GROUP all databases  (all databases at once)    
(formerly Infotrac) Search all at once, or just select several to search
Includes New York Times full-text since 1995

GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER GOLD  (1980-present)      
Many full-text articles on general subjects

GPO (Government Printing Office Index) (1976-present)    
US government documents excluding NTIS/high tech publications

HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER  (1980-present)    
Practical health information, includes Alternative Health

HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER ACADEMIC (1980-present)    
Articles on health topics and issues

 HUMANITIES ABSTRACTS (1984-present)
Citations to literature, film, humanities review and criticism.  History also.

INDEX TO LEGAL PERIODICALS (1981-present)

 INFOTRAC FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS (1996-present)    
Collection of newspapers from around the US and the world

LEARN-A-TEST    
Take practice tests for advanced placement, grad school, job skills

LEGALTRAC (1980-present)         
Find articles in US and International law reviews, journals, legal newspapers

 LEXISNEXIS  (and STATISTICAL UNIVERSE) (1990-present)
Full-text newspapers, periodicals, newsletters, statistical data

LIBRARY LITERATURE  (1980-present)
Find information about libraries and library service

 MEDLINE (1965-present)    
Medicine, health, nursing, dentistry

MeL (Michigan Electronic Library)     
Portal for hundreds of informational web sites and for Michigan laws, information, etc.

 MERGENT CORPORATE FILES (Includes EDGAR)
Company information and annual reports online

MICHIGAN NEWSPAPERS   (2000-present)    
Full-text newspapers from Michigan cities

NETLIBRARY
23,949 online books, all included in LTU online catalog

NEW YORK TIMES  (last 12 months)    
Full-text articles for the last year

NEWSBANK    
Articles from the Detroit News, Grand Rapids Press

OED: THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
The most authoritative source of spelling and word definitions

OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE  
Encyclopedia information from 24 fields, search all or one area.

PROCEEDINGS FIRST    (1993-present)    
Index of conference proceedings with listings of papers presented

READER’S GUIDE ABSTRACTS  (1983-present)
The most famous general index to popular magazines, including New York Times

SIRS DISCOVERER
Designed for K-12, but still has great maps and other info.

SCOPUS
15,000+ peer reviewed journals, websites, etc.

SOCIAL SCIENCE ABSTRACTS  (1983-present)
Index to articles in all of the social sciences

ULRICHSWEB Periodicals
All the data about every periodical available

WHO'S WHO (aka MARQUIS WHO'S WHO)
A variety of Who's Who sources in one database
NOTE: only two simultaneous users at a time

WILSON BUSINESS ABSTRACTS  (1986-present)
Abstracts of journals in all aspects of business and management; includes Wall Street Journal

WILSON SELECT PLUS (1994-present)    
Everything full-text, covering all subject areas

WORLD ALMANAC    
Facts, quick information from 4 almanacs and Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia

WORLDCAT    
Worldwide list of libraries and book holdings, works like a giant online catalog

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