Parkland Library | Databases

Database	Description	Access
America the Beautiful	Encyclopedias: Appropriate for grades 3rd and up. Excellent resource for teachers and at home instructors. Contains articles all 50 states, US Presidents, Native Americans, US Cities, Biographies of Famous Americans, Games and Maps. Maps include topography, population, historical events and more. Includes timelines for each state.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Business Index ASAP	Business: Appropriate for High School and College level students. Perform in-depth research on management issues, economic indicators and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies and industries worldwide. Instant access to academic and business journals with full text and images. Coverage: 1980 to the present.	Library and home access.
Communication & Mass Media eCollection	Business: From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more. Covers disciplines related to communication and mass media. Contains over 130 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Computer Database	Science & Technology: Contains articles from 150 technology periodicals. Information on the computer, telecommunications and electronics industries. Information on the latest trends, statistics and company reports.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Criminal Justice eCollection	Goverment: Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Contains over 200 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Diversity Studies eCollection	Society: A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. Contains over 140 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Encyclopedia Americana	Middle School - Encyclopedias: Appropriate for grades 8th and up. Excellent resource for teachers and at home instructors who teach current news and national events. Contains lesson plans, discussion questions and learning activities. Over 45000 in-depth articles and an Interactive Atlas for history and politics.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Environmental Issues and Policy eCollection	Government: Articles of interest to those working with the environment in areas such as agriculture, ecology, conservation, waste management or horticulture. Contains over 175. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Expanded Academic ASAP	College & Professionals - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: Contains over 2000 full-text titles with full-text articles. Over 1100 in citation abstract format. Diversity of subjects - Social Sciences, Humanities, Science and Technology, National News Periodicals, General interest magazines, etc. New York Times available on this database.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Florida Database	Government: Full Text journals with a focus on the State of Florida. Includes articles on history, environment, news, biographies and more.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture eCollection	Science & Technology: Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their information appetites sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies. Contains over 40 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Gender Studies eCollection	Society: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues impact society on many levels – from the global and cultural to the individual and personal. This collection of nearly 40 journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more. Literature in women's studies, men's studies and sexual diversity.	Library and home access. [More Info]
General Business File	Business: Contains over 2000 full-text titles with full-text articles. Over 1100 in citation abstract format. Diversity of subjects - Social Sciences, Humanities, Science and Technology, National News Periodicals, General interest magazines, etc. New York Times available on this database.	Library and home access. [More Info]
General Reference Gold Center	High School - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: More than 8.3 million citations and a 20 year back file. Contains key Business and general interest titles, articles from over 4,000 newspaper and magazine titles and encyclopedia entries.	Library and home access. [More Info]
General Science eCollection	Science & Technology: Although staying current on the latest scientific developments can be daunting, this collection aims to provide a researcher with the information to do just that. Composed of over 200 journals – from highly specialized academic journals to general science-focused magazine – the InfoTrac General Science Collection provides coverage of all scientific endeavor, including such topics as particle physics and quantum theory, advanced mathematics, biotechnology, and many more. Contains over 40 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Greenwood Daily Life Online	Society: For students in grades (K-8) and Home School Parents. Learn about the material, religious, domestic, political, recreational, intellectual and economic lives a persons in past cultures.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Health and Wellness Resources & Alternative Medicine	Health: Especially for consumers and health care professionals. For information on alternative topics such as herbal remedies, yoga, homeotherapy, midwifery, chiropractic use and more, this is your answer. Appropriate for all levels of researchers, this one stop resource includes a richly integrated collection of general interest and fitness magazines, medical and professional journals and pamphlets and reference texts.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Health Reference Center Academic	Health: For nursing and allied health students, medical students, professionals and laypersons. With more than 700 sources, this database provides access to the full-text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. Includes consumer health magazines, articles and reference books.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Information Science & Library Issues eCollection	College & Professionals - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: This collection, comprised of content from nearly 100 leading industry journals, provides current and accurate information for this fast-moving field. Information professionals and other knowledge workers – from the research specialist to the information architect – will find appropriate and useful information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more. Contains over 40 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Informe	Spanish Speakers - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: This electronic resource provides indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines. Has a built in thesaurus and title annotations in both English and Spanish.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Infotrac Junior Edition	Elementary School - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: Created specifically for junior high and middle school kids. Useful for Home School Parents as an education tool. Contains general reference information. Useful for all subject areas.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Infotrac Kids Edition	Elementary School - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: This periodical database is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Infotrac One File	A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Infotrac Professional Edition	College & Professionals - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: More than 4,200 full-text titles and five newspaper indexes. For researchers at all levels, instant access to approximately 25 million database records is now available in one resource of nearly 8,000 titles with more than 20 years of back file coverage from 1980 to present. Includes 89 newswires and general interest magazines.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Infotrac Student Edition	High School - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: Appropriate for secondary school students Useful for Home School parents who provide research assignments. Contains full-text articles from 500 sources, including magazine and newspaper articles.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Junior Reference Collection	Middle School - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: Features current, relevant, organized, easy-to-read information students can access at their fingertips, the entries in Junior Reference Collection are thorough, in-depth, and written in clear, concise terms at an appropriate reading level.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Kids Info Bits	Elementary School - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: Appropriate for secondary school students Useful for Home School parents who provide research assignments. Contains full-text articles from 500 sources, including magazine and newspaper articles.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Lands and Peoples	Society: For students in grades (K-6) and Home School Parents. Database gives children access to 60 magazines, reference books and newspaper articles. Graphic driven – easy to use!	Library and home access. [More Info]
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts	College & Professionals - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: For Librarians and other research professionals. This bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianshio, classification, cataloging, biometrics, information retrieval, information management and information technology. Over 600 periodicals are indexed dating and dates back to the 1960(s).	Library and home access.
Litfinder	Literature: LitFinder covers all time periods and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 126,500 full-text poems; 850,000 poem citations and excerpts; 5,000 full-text short stories; 2,800 full-text essays; 1,800 full-text speeches; and 1,000 full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Military and Intelligence Database	College & Professionals - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: This database is designed to meet the periodical content needs of libraries serving military personnel. Contains over 140 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Multimedia Encyclopedia	Middle School - Encyclopedias: Appropriate for grades 5th and up. Excellent resource for teachers and at home instructors. This encyclopedia contains the text of all 21 volumes of Grolier's Academic American Encyclopedia, plus pictures, maps, animations, videos and timelines, and a 250,000 word dictionary. The encyclopedia includes an "Activities & Study Guide for the home and classroom", a self-paced tutorial to familiarize users with the product's features. Articles and images can be accessed from the online menu.	Library and home access. [More Info]
New Book of Knowledge	Elementary School - News, Magazine & Encyclopedias: Appropriate for grades 3rd and up. Excellent resource for teachers and at home instructors. Contains lesson plans, maps, fact sheets and quizzes. Useful encyclopedia for children of younger ages.	Library and home access. [More Info]
New Book of Popular Science	Science & Technology: Appropriate for grades 6th and up. Excellent resource for teachers and at home instructors. Information on Science Technology and Science in the news. Contains lesson plans, science experiments, celestial maps and quizzes. Excellent resource for Country information facts and figures.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Novelist & Novelist (K-8)	Literature: Readers’ advisory tool. Novelist is appropriate for young adults & adults. Novelist (K-8) is appropriate for elementary and junior high school students. Locate over 120,000 fiction titles in the database & over 90,000 full text book reviews.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Pop Culture eCollection	Society: It's all around us and influences our lives every day. This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. Contains over 100 publications related to the fields of communication and mass media. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
ProQuest Learning Literature	Literature: ProQuest Learning Literature delivers more than 180,000 searchable works of literature from medieval times to the present. Students can find author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources organized into more than 3,000 Author Pages. ProQuest Learning Literature also features 40+ searchable full-text literary journals and magazines for the latest in literary criticism.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Psychology eCollection	Society: This set explores what makes people "tick" from childhood to death. This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time. Your library's users will have instant access to 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.Covers all aspects of psychology - dealing with the mind, emotions, behaviour, etc. Contains over 300 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Reference USA	Business: Appropriate for High School students and up. Reference USA is a comprehensive database of 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. physicians, surgeons and dentists; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents.	Library and home access. This database requires a special login &/or password for juvenile patrons. Please call the Library for login/password information. [More Info]
Religion and Philosophy eCollection	Society: Covers all aspects of religion (including world religions, major denominations, history, etc.) and philosophy (including history, morality, politics, language, etc.) Contains over 250 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
SCIRUS Web Search Engine	Science & Technology: This search engine indexes information from PUBMED, BIOMED CENTRAL, Science Direct, LEXIS-NEXIS, SCI-TATION, The Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics, NASA, Research Papers In Economics, MIT Open Courseware, The Institute Of Physics Publishing, Project Euclid, The Digital Scientific Archives and COGPRINTS	Library and home access. [More Info]
Small Business eCollection	Business: Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories. Users will find 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. Contains over 250 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Testing & Education Reference Center	Business: From the high school and community college students just embarking on a career path to the business veteran who wants to make a career change, the Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC) provides users with in-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests and much more. This online education resource provides everything users need to learn more about furthering their education and making informed decisions on their future from one single, handy database.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Thomas Register of Manufacturers	Business: Need to find a product or a supplier right away? Use the Thomas Register! More than 2.3 million industrial products from over 189,000 manufacturers across the U.S. and Canada. Tens of thousands of company Web sites for contact info and online RFQs. Secure online ordering from thousands of line-item supplier catalogs. Over one million detailed CAD drawings...all downloadable and manufacturer-supplied, so you can see how components fit into your plans.	Library and home access. This database requires a special login &/or password. Please call the Library for login/password information. [More Info]
Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure eCollection	Business: With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry – including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more. Contains over 500 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
US History eCollection	Society: American history database that contains over 40 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Vocation, Careers & Technical Education eCollection	Business: Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals. Contains over 350 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
War and Terrorism eCollection	Government: A definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events. Researchers will gain valuable insight to conflicts and their cause as well as their impact and how they are perceived on a global scale. References include 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. Contains over 35 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
What Do I Read Next?	Literature: Readers’ advisory tool for all ages. Locate literary criticisms for fiction and nonfiction, plot summaries, recommended reading lists and biographical information on authors.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Wilson Biographies	Biographies: Includes the text of Current Biography, the World Authors Series, and the Junior Authors & Illustrators series, World Artists and Nobel Prize Winners. Contains more than 120,000 biographies and obituaries, 32000 images and full text articles, abstracts and book review excerpts.	Library and home access. [More Info]
Works of Edgar Allen Poe	Literature: Browse the works of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), who is considered one of the most gifted writers of american literature. Includes Long Tales, Poetry & Short Stories.	Library and home access.
World History eCollection	Society: As any historian will state, the study of history is as much about the present as the past: to that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of nearly 40 journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher. Contains over 35 publications. Some full-text is available.	Library and home access. [More Info]
World Book Online Reference Center	Middle School - Encyclopedias: Appropriate for grades 5th and up. World Book Online Reference Center includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, and more than 100 simulated historic Web sites.	Library and home access. [More Info]