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Access to a select group of FirstSearch databases
is provided to Illinois libraries by the Illinois State Library, a division of
the office of the Secretary of State.
A username/password is required to use these databases.
You already have access to FirstSearch with your local public
library card. If you live near a college
or university, they often give library privileges
to local residents which includes remote access
to many databases. Contact your local library for more information.
Most of the FirstSearch databases
in the basic subscription are
not full-text (Wilson Select Plus has the most
full-text articles).
Following are brief descriptions of what you can expect
to find in these databases. More information on how to use FirstSearch,
and searching tips and strategies, is at www.oclc.org/firstsearch/using/index.htm.
If you have time, take the Guided
Tour.
Or, if you have the username/password, go directly to OCLC
First Search and begin searching.
OCLC FirstSearch select database descriptions:
ABI/INFORM-UMI
Covers nearly every aspect of business,
including company histories and new product development.
Citations include abstracts and indexes of significant
articles from nearly 1,000 current business and
management periodicals. Provides access to the
ASCII full text of articles from 570 journals.
ERIC-U.S. Department of Education
Educational Resources information
Center has represented the most complete bibliography
of educational materials available since 1966.
The ERIC database is a guide to published and unpublished
sources on thousands of educational topics, with
information from RIE (Resources in Education)
and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education).
GPO Monthly Catalog- U.S.
Government Printing Office
Consists of records published by
the GPO since July 1976. Includes references to
congressional committee reports and hearings, debates,
documents from executive departments, and more.
Health & Wellness Information
A multi-sourece database for health
and wellness research. Rich with full-text documents,
Health Reference Center draws from medical and
consumer periodicals, health newsletters, reference
books, referral infomration, topical overviews,
and pamphlets. Designed especially for lay researchers,
Health Reference Center provides information in
terms that the nonmedical professional can understand.
The Academic version also contains 40 full-text
nursing and allied health journals, as well as
leading medical journals.
Wilson Select Plus--H.W.
Wilson Company
Covers high-quality periodicals
with complete indexing and abstracts. All records
point to complete online full text. Comprised of
records from Reader's Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences
Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science
Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts.
MEDLINE--U.S. National Library
of Medicine
Covers all areas of medicine, including
clinical medicine, experimental medicine, dentistry,
nursing, health services administration, nutrition,
and much more. Indexes over 3,500 journals (most
with abstracts). Now includes a backfile covering
1965-1984, increasing the coverage to 1965-present.
OCLC ArticleFirst Database--OCLC
Contains bibliographic citations
that describe items listed on the table of contents
pages of more than 13,000 journals in science,
technology, medicine, social science, business,
the humanities, and popular culture. Each record
describes one article, news story, letter, or other
item.
OCLC ContentsFirst Database--OCLC
Contains the table of contents pages
and holdings information from more than 13,000
journals in science, technology, medicine, social
science, business, the humanities, and popular
culture. Most journals are published in English;
some journals in other languages are included.
OCLC Electronic Collections
Online
Database-OCLC A growing collection
of journals in a variety of subject areas, all
with full-text articles online. Articles include
all original content and images. The interface
supports cross-journal searching and browsing within
selected journals. Users can view bibliographic
information for all journals and view abstracts
and full-text articles from journals to which their
institutions subscribe.
OCLC NetFirst Database-OCLC
Contains bibliographic citations-complete
with summary descriptions and subject headings-describing
high quality, Internet-accessible resources suitable
for a wide range of interests and age groups. Records
contain hot links to conect users to resources
of interest.
OCLC PaperFirst Database-OCLC
Provides access to individual papers
presented at conferences worldwide. A major research
aid covering every congress, symposium, exposition,
workshop, and meeting added to The British Library
Document Supply Center's vast proceedings collection
since October 1993.
OCLC ProceedingsFirst Database-OCLC
Provides tables of contents of papers
presented at conferences worldwide. Each record
contains a list of the papers presented at each
conference.
OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals
Database-OCLC
Includes more than 7 million listings
linked to over 750,000 bibliographic records in
WorldCat. The listings provide local holdings information
so that users can search for locations of periodicals
in their own and other libraries.
Periodical Abstracts-UMI
A complete general reference resource,
with indexing and abstracts for over 1,500 popular
and academic periodicals. Included are transcripts
of more than 80 news-oriented television and radio
shows. Provides access to the ASCII full text of
articles from 530 journals.
World Almanac
The World Almanac databases includes the
contents of:
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998
The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
The World Almanac of U.S. Politics
The World Almanac for Kids
WorldCat Database (the OCLC
Online Union Catalog)- OCLC
The world's most comprehensive bibliography,
with 37 million bibliographic records representing
370 languages and covering information from 4,000
years of knowledge.
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Text descriptions of FirstSearch
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