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Academic Search Premier by EBSCOhost
A large, multi-disciplinary database with citations, abstracts and many full-text articles.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Academic Universe by Lexis-Nexis
Provides full-text articles and press releases from leading newspapers and news wires.
Type: Full-text
Access Science
Provides the full-text of the famous Encyclopedia of Science & Technology with additional content including science news and biographies.
Type: Full-text
Ageline
Provides bibliographic references and abstracts for materials related to aging and gerontology.
Type: Index with Abstracts
Agricola
Contains bibliographic records back to 1970 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library.
Type: Index with Citations
Alternative Press Index
A quarterly subject index to over 250 alternative, radical and leftist periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
Type: Index with Citations
Alt Health Watch
Provides full-text back to 1990 for more than 140 alternative health publications.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Article First
A large, multi-disciplinary index covering over 15,000 scholarly and popular journals.
Type: Index with Citations
Art Index
Provides comprehensive indexing for more than 400 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins.
Type: Index with Citations
ATLA Religion
Provides full-text for over 50 religious journals maintained by the American Theological Library Association.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The index covers architectural and design publications with an American focus. Avery also includes the publications of professional associations, U.S. state and regional periodicals, and major serial publications in the architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.
Type: Index with Citations
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Bio Digest
Provides detailed abstracts written in a non-technical style for students and interested nonscientists of the biological sciences.
Type: Index with Abstracts
Book Review Digest
Cites and excerpts reviews of current English language fiction and nonfiction.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Books In Print
Provides publication information on books.
Type: Index with Citations
Business Source Premier by EBSCOhost
The world’s largest business database with citations, abstracts and many full-text articles on business, communications, human resources and management.
Type: Index with some Full-text
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Chronicle of Higher Education Online
Provides access to the online edition of the Chronicle.
Type: Full-text
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Includes country data, case studies, policy briefs and journal articles related to international relations.
Type: Full-text
CINAHL
The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature provides indexing for over 2,737 journals in nursing, health disciplines, biomedicine and many other areas.
Type: Index with Citations
College Source Online
Provides over 28,000 college catalogs.
Type: Full-text
Communication Abstracts
Provides abstracts of articles and books on journalism, media, public speaking and other related fields.
Type: Index with Abstracts
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Provides full-text from over 200 journals in the fields of communication and mass media. Coverage extends to speaking, writing and public relations.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Computer Source
Provides researchers with the latest information from more than 300 publications in high technology.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Contemporary Women's Issues
Indexes relevant content from mainstream periodicals and the alternative press with a focus on the issues that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries.
Type: Index with Citations
CQ Researcher
Provides full-text, in-depth coverage of current political and social issues.
Type: Full-text
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Dissertation Abstracts
Provides abstracts of doctoral and master's theses in all fields.
Type: Index with Abstracts
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EBSCOhost
Provides links to over 20 databases that Shoen Library subscribes to from Ebsco. Popular choices are the Academic Search Premier and the Business Source Premier databases.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Econ Lit
Provides abstracts and indexing of over 620 economics publications.
Type: Index with Citations
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.
Type: Full-text
Encyclopaedia Judaica
The 22 volume encyclopedia features thousands of articles pertaining to Jewish culture and is fully searchable online.
Type: Full-text
Encyclopedia of Religion
The encyclopedia offers over 3000 entries from a cross-cultural perspective.
Type: Full-text
Environmental Universe by Lexis-Nexis
Provides indexing and full-text to environmental publications and government reports and codes.
Type: Full-text
ERIC: Educational Resource Information Center
Provides bibliographic access to a wealth of information on a variety of educational subjects.
Type: Index with Citations
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Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Type: Full-text
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Geo Base
Supplies bibliographic information and abstracts for resources in ecology, geology, geomechanics, human geography and oceanography.
Type: Index with Citations
Government Printing Office Index
Provides an index to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies.
Type: Index with Citations
GreenFILE
Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Provides indexing for articles from scholarly, government and general-interest titles.
Type: Index with Citations
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Health Source
Provides articles from more than 550 journals with a focus on health, medicine, nursing, pharmacology and prescription drugs.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Hoover's
Provides vital business information for 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises.
Type: Full-text
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JSTOR: Arts and Sciences Collection
Provides a retrospective, full-text collection that includes many of the core research and society published journals in key fields in the humanities and social sciences.
Type: Full-text
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Kraus Curriculum Development Library
Provides curricula, frameworks, and standards with a focus on educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.
Type: Full-text
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Legal Collection
Provides full-text for more than 260 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Lexis-Nexis
The Lexis-Nexis portal provides access to the Academic Universe.
Type: Full-text
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Provides indexing for over 600 titles in librarianship and information management. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
Type: Index with Abstracts
Literature Online (LION)
A complete literature reference database which includes author biographies as well as literary criticism.
Type: Full-text
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MasterFile Premier by EBSCOhost
Provides full-text for more than 2,050 general publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1975.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Medline
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences and much more.
Type: Index with Citations
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
Provides the content of the dictionary.
Type: Full-text
Military and Government Collection
Provides full-text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals covering all branches of the military and government.
Type: Index with some Full-text
MLA Bibliography
A classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literature, folklore and linguistics.
Type: Index with Citations
Music Index
Cites articles and reviews about music and musicians from over 700 publications.
Type: Index with Citations
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NetLibrary eBooks
Provides access to Shoen Library's electronic book collection.
Type: Full-text
Newspaper Source
Provides selected full-text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers.
Type: Index with some Full-text
New York Times via Academic Universe
Provides access to the full-text of the New York Times since June 1, 1980. Provides indexing from January 1, 1969 to May 31, 1980.
Type: Full-text
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Oregonian
Provides complete full-text coverage of Portland and regional news since September 1, 1987.
Type: Full-text
Oregonian Index: 1851-1987
Provides historical indexing of the Portland Oregonian newspaper from 1851-1987.
Type: Index with Citations
Oxford English Dictionary
Provides the pronunciation, meaning and history for over 500,000 words in the English language.
Type: Full-text
Oxford Reference Collection
Provides the full-text content of over 100 subject-specific encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Type: Full-text
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Papers First
Provides indexing to conference papers since 1993.
Type: Index with Citations
Proceedings First
Provides indexing to conference proceedings since 1993.
Type: Index with Citations
Professional Development Collection
Provides a highly specialized collection of more than 750 full-text education journals.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Provides coverage of nearly 550 full-text journals in the social and human sciences fields.
Type: Index with some Full-text
PsycINFO with PsycARTICLES
Provides extensive coverage in the field of psychology. Includes the full-text of over 50 journals published by the American Psychological Association and the content of PsycCRITIQUES, a source of book reviews in the social sciences.
Type: Index with some Full-text
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Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full-text coverage for 75 regional business publications.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Provides extensive full-text coverage of more than 300 full-text journals related to theology and philosophical studies.
Type: Index with some Full-text
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Shoen Library Catalog
Provides access to Shoen Library's holdings and other library resources.
Type: Catalog
Standard and Poors
Provides company data, industry surveys, stock reports and fund reports.
Type: Full-text
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Provides scholarly articles on important philosophical topics.
Type: Full-text
Stat-USA
Includes State of the Nation® (SOTN) and Global Business Opportunities® (GLOBUS) with National Trade Data Bank® (NTDB) reports.
Type: Full-text
Summit Catalog
A shared library catalog of the Orbis Cascade Alliance. Marylhurst students may request materials via Summit.
Type: Catalog
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Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Type: Index with Abstracts
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Vocational and Career Collection
Provides full text coverage for 400 trade and industry-related periodicals.
Type: Index with some Full-text
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Wall Street Journal
Provides full-text articles from the world's leading financial newspaper from 1984 to the present.
Type: Full-text
WorldCat
The world's largest library catalog with access to interlibrary loan.
Type: Catalog
Terms of Use
Access and use of research databases, online full-text journals and additional types of electronic content provided by Shoen Library are governed by license agreements between Marylhurst University and the database providers, publishers and other third parties. The license agreements restrict use to educational pursuits, and distribution of content is prohibited. Qualified users include visitors to Shoen Library’s facilities and current students, faculty and staff of Marylhurst University.
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