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PASCALis coordinated by PASCAL, in cooperation with its members, the South Carolina State Library, and other partners. Collegiate DISCUS is funded by the South Carolina General Assembly through an appropriation to the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.
 

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DISCUS - South Carolina’s Virtual Library provides all South Carolinians with access to an electronic library of essential information resources, through school, college, and public libraries. Databases provided by DISCUS are so noted in their descriptions.


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ISI Web of Knowledge Available only to Winthrop Community

ISI Web of Knowledge helps you quickly find, analyze, and share information in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.

Included are:

Biological Abstracts® 2003 - present
Medline®: 1950 - present
Web of Science:
      Science Citation Index Expanded® 2003-present
      Social Sciences Citation Index® 2003-present
      Arts & Humanities Citation Index® 2003-present


Registered users also have access to Endnote Web® bibliography manager.


InfoTrac PowerSearch Available only to Winthrop Community discus small

Using PowerSearch, you may search many Gale databases at the same time. Gale databases include Expanded Academic ASAP, General Business File ASAP, General OneFile, General Reference Center (Magazine Index), Business and Company Resource Center, Health Reference Center-Academic, Custom Newspapers, LegalTrac, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Kid's Infobits, Junior Edition  - K-12, Student Edition, and others. (Provided by DISCUS)

InfoTrac OneFile

See General Onefile.

ingenta

ingenta.com offers you access to article summaries from over 25,000 publications linked to the full text of over 5,200 titles. Full text access is set by each of ingenta's 170 publisher partners, but typically individual subscribers, or individuals within institutions that subscribe, can access the full text of their publications for free. Non-subscribers can, for the majority of articles, pay-per-view choosing from electronic, fax or Ariel delivery.


Institute of Physics Electronic Journals Available only to Winthrop Community

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The Institute of Physics (IoP) Electronic Journals collection provides access to over 25 professional journals published by the Institute from the first issue through 1992. Titles include the Journal of Physics, Physics Education, and many others. Consult the IoP EJ home page or the Dacus Online Catalog to determine which titles are available.

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The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Available only to Winthrop Community

Now expanded and updated, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse. Revised extensively in 2004 to reflect a decade of rapidly changing scholarship, the Guide currently features 52 new entries and subentries and is updated annually. Compiled by 275 specialists from around the world, the Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.


JSTOR Available only to Winthrop Community

JSTOR is the "scholarly journal archive." A non-profit cooperative project of university libraries, JSTOR has converted the contents of core journals in academic disciplines into electronic form. Winthrop subscribes to the Arts & Sciences I, II, III, & IV collections. Journals to which Winthrop subscribes are linked from the Dacus Online Catalog (DOC).

Junior Edition - K-12 Available only to Winthrop Community discussmall

Part of InfoTrac. Use this database, designed for middle and junior high schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc. (Provided by DISCUS)

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Kid's InfoBits Available only to Winthrop Community discussmall

Kids InfoBits presents a more graphical and easy-to-use interface for K-5 users.
It includes:
  • the full-text of 75+ children's magazines,
  • newswire articles from Knight Ridder and UPI International
  • an elementary dictionary,
  • maps, charts and images
  • additional reference content from Blackbirch Press & Gale's U*X*L imprint:
    • Kidbits. 2nd Edition, Blackbirch Press, 2000
    • Kid's Almanac of Geography. Blackbirch Press, 2000
    • Kid's Visual Reference of the World. Blackbirch Press, 2001
    • Blackbirch Encyclopedia of Science and Invention. Blackbirch Press, 2001
    • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. U*X*L, 1999
    • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. U*X*L, 1999
    • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States. U*X*L, 1999

Very young children can "drill down" to a desired topic using an icon-based "topic tree" approach. More advanced children, their teachers and parents can find information by entering search words. Results are delivered in a simple format that organizes each resource in folders by type -- reference, magazine articles, newspaper articles, charts and graphs, and images. Charts, graphs and images can be accessed separately from text. Magazine and reference articles have an indication of Reading Level indicator "Easy" or "More Difficult." Educational supports related to the research process are included in the "Teacher Toolbox" section. (Provided by DISCUS)


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LearningExpressLibrary Available only to Winthrop Community collegiatediscus

LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.

To access the test preparation materials, you must register individually with the website before using.


LegalTrac Available only to Winthrop Community collegiatediscus

Use this database to find articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers on Federal and State Cases, Laws and Government Regulations, Legal Practice, and legal subjects such as Taxation and International Law. British Commonwealth and European Union cases and law are also included. (Provided by DISCUS.)

LexisNexis Academic Available only to Winthrop Community

LexisNexis Academic provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.

LexisNexis Congressional Available only to Winthrop Community

The world's most comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)

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This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.

Liebert Online Available only to Winthrop Community PASCAL

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Founded in 1980, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. is universally acknowledged for publishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals, books, and trade magazines in the most promising areas of biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law. The collection contains over 70 full-text journals. (Publisher's description.)


Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts Available only to Winthrop Community

CSA Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.

LLBA is published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.


Literature Resources from Gale Available only to Winthrop Community collegiatediscus

Literature Resources from Gale (LRG) provides online access to Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twayne's Authors Series, Scribner Writers Series and LitFinder and more. For details about LRG's content, see About the Literature Resource Center. For details about LitFinder, see About LitFinder.


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Mary Ann Liebert

See Liebert Online


MAS Ultra - School Edition Available only to Winthrop Community collegiate

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text nearly 600 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, 268 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.


MathSciNet Available only to Winthrop Community

MathSciNet is a comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature of the past 61 years. MathSciNet provides Web access to the signed reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications, an early awareness journal. MathSciNet, Mathematical Reviews, and Current Mathematical Publications are all produced by the American Mathematical Society

MedicalJournals.Com

See FreeMedicalJournals.Com.

MEDLINE (EbscoHost) Available only to Winthrop Community collegiate

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MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree numbers, tree hierarchy and explosion capabilities to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals. Included are citations from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, PREMEDLINE, AIDSLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, and HealthSTAR. Examples of publications covered in MEDLINE include: Accident and Emergency Nursing, Addiction, Administration and Policy in Mental Health, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Medicine, Cancer Detection and Prevention, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Maternal and Child Health Journal, etc.

MEDLINE (FirstSearch) Available only to Winthrop Community

Journals published internationally, covering all areas of medicine.  Also available through SciFinder.

MEDLINE (Web of Knowledge) 1950-present

See ISI Web of Knowledge

Mergent Online Available only to Winthrop Community

Mergent Online, from the publisher of the Moody's Manuals,  provides access to the most detailed, accurate and comprehensive global company database available, with the latest in features and functions. For key features and functions, click here. After loading Mergent Online, click the "Enter Mergent Online" button to begin searching.


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Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.

MLA International Bibliography Available only to Winthrop Community collegiate

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The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association of America, consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore and includes coverage from 1926 to the present. The MLA International Bibliography provides access to scholarly research in nearly 4,000 journals and series. It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats.

MLA Directory of Periodicals Available only to Winthrop Community collegiate

The MLA Directory of Periodicals contains all information available on the journals and series on the bibliography's Master List of Periodicals. This information has been gathered by the MLA staff with the cooperation of MLA bibliographers and the editors represented in these listings. Over 7,100 titles are included; of these, over 4,400 are currently indexed. The entries list editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, and submission guidelines. The directory also provides statistics on how many articles and book reviews the periodicals publish each year, as well as how many are submitted.

MRI+ Available only to Winthrop Community

MRI+ consolidates, in one convenient place, many of the databases used to evaluate magazines or seeking directory and editorial information. It has a powerful search and access capability, plus a cost-planning module.

MRI+ is a library of key magazine planning data resources providing an information link between the planner and publisher.

Mediamark Research Inc. is the leading provider of magazine audience data to the advertising and marketing communities. We produce this data rich resource as an extension of our comprehensive single-source media/marketing database. MRI clients also get access to our Reporter database that provides summary tables of key audience and product usage data from our national probability sample of 27,000 households. (Publisher's description.)

You will need to register as an individual user to access the database.  Use must use your Winthrop University email address to register for a free account.


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National Security Archive

The National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions in one non governmental, non-profit institution. The Archive is simultaneously a research institute on international affairs, a library and archive of declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, a public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information through the FOIA, and an indexer and publisher of the documents in books, microfiche, and electronic formats.

NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers Available only to Winthrop Community

The "NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers," 10th Edition provides a listing of clinical social workers who have met national standards for education and experience established by the NASW Competence Certification Commission on recommendation of the Committee on Clinical Social Work. The "NASW Register" has become an important resource for identifying social workers who are qualified providers of mental health services. Like its predecessors, this edition aims to advance sound professional practice standards by providing a uniform method to identify qualified clinical social work practitioners.

New York Times Available only to Winthrop Community

See Custom Newspapers.

Newsbank Available only to Winthrop Community

Newsbank provides the electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.

Major local resources included are: The State, The Herald (Rock Hill), and The Charlotte Observer.


Newspapers on the Web, Directory of

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Nursing Collection II: Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals Available only to Winthrop Community collegiate

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No longer available due to budget cuts. This exclusive collection gives you 32 of today’s top nursing journals which are used by nurses, nursing students and health professionals around the world on a daily basis.


Nursing Resource Center Available only to Winthrop Community discussmall

Gale's Nursing Resource Center is designed to meet the needs of nursing students at community colleges, universities, and vocational or technical high schools across the United States. This resource brings together in one easy-to-use interface important titles from Gale and Macmillan with excellent, thorough nursing-specific texts from Thomson Delmar. Additionally, relevant journal results from top publications in the field and animated depictions of the human anatomy complements the core reference texts. (Provided by DISCUS.)

Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews (Part of CAB Direct)Available only to Winthrop Community

Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews - Series A is especially produced for research workers, consultants, clinical nutritionists, advisors and general practitioners. Aspects include: techniques, food composition and nutritive value, human health and nutrition, disease and therapeutic nutrition, and physiology and biochemistry of nutrients. The Internet version includes weekly updates and a ten-year backfile.

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OED

See Oxford English Dictionary.

O*NET OnLine

The O*NET database includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations. This information can be used to facilitate career exploration, vocational counseling, and a variety of human resources functions, such as developing job orders and position descriptions and aligning training with current workplace needs. O*NET is sponsored by the United States Department of Labor.

OneFile (InfoTrac)

See General OneFile


Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Available only to Winthrop Community discussmall

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources, including selections from Bioethics for Students. The result is an online library of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center's unique features include Topic Overviews -- frameworks that allow students to explore each topic's many facets -- and exclusive electronic access to Gale's Information Plus reference series of statistics, government data, information on legislation and more. (Provided by DISCUS.)

Oxford English Dictionary Available only to Winthrop Community

The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. As the OED is a historical dictionary, its entry structure is very different from that of a dictionary of current English, in which only present-day senses are covered, and in which the most common meanings or senses are described first. For each word in the OED,the various groupings of senses are dealt with in chronological order according to the quotation evidence, i.e. the senses with the earliest quotations appear first, and the senses which have developed more recently appear further down the entry.

Oxford Music Online Available only to Winthrop Community

Oxford Music Online (OMO) is the access-point for Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. With OMO patrons can cross-search Grove and Oxford reference content in one location. Articles from specialist dictionaries such as The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed., are available via OMO.

 


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