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06/08/2010
Library - Electronic Resources
Introduction
The Loyola Academy Library has paid subscriptions to a variety of electronic databases. Delivered via the Internet, these databases include articles from magazines,
newspapers and journals (often full-text); photographs, reports, and research papers; and excerpts from books. They are updated on a regular basis and the information comes from authoritative
sources. These databases are not personal web pages; they are often the online version of well known print sources.
Encyclopædia Britannica
Online version of Encyclopædia Britannica, including over 98,000 articles and multimedia resources. Enter in your
search and choose between Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica's Internet Guide, or the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Gale
Virtual
Reference
Library Complete
text and
graphics
of over
300 premier
electronic
reference
books;
search
by keyword
24/7.
Oxford English Dictionary
Online edition of the 20 volume Oxford English Dictionary, updated quarterly. This historical dictionary traces the origins
of words, meanings and pronunciations. Clicking on "Help" will give you a complete description of the dictionary.
World Book Online Reference Center
Includes
the World
Book Global
Edition plus Estudiantil
Hallazghos
en Linea.
Enter your
search
on the
top of
the page
and click
on "go".
Advanced
search
combines
terms.
Fine Arts
Grove Art Online
Complete text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, with ongoing updates. Includes
links to images of art.
Grove Music Online
Full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove
Dictionary of Jazz
Language
World Book Online Reference Center
Includes the World Book Global Edition plus Estudiantil Hallazghos en Linea. Enter your search on the top of the
page and click on go. Advanced search combines terms.
Literature & Books
Granger's World of Poetry
Online
version of
The Columbia
Granger's
Index to
Poetry. Anthologies,
collected
and selected
works. Also
index to
African-American
poetry and
other key
titles.
Literature
Resource
Center
- LRC
Access
to full-text
articles
from literary
journals
and Gale
literature
reference
books,
offering
plot summaries,
author
biographies,
critical
essays
on author's
works,
and bibliographies.
NoveList Plus
Click on NoveList (not NoveList K-8) to find reviews and annotations of over 125,000 fiction titles for YA (Young Adult) and
adults. Included read-alikes, discussion guides and other teacher resources!
ProQuest Learning: Literature
A comprehensive resource including 3,000+ author biographies; 40 searchable full-text literature journals; full-text literary
works; and other key criticism and reference sources.
Magazines & Newspapers
ProQuest Platinum
Over 2,000 magazines and newspapers 1986 to present day, including New York Times and The Chicago Sun Times.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue... digital reproductions providing
access to every page from every available issue. Chicago Tribune 1890 - 1984 New York Times 1851 - 2001
Religion & Philosophy
Origins
Weekly newsletter from Catholic
News Service. Texts from the Vatican, pope, bishops,
congress, Senate, Supreme court, and church leaders
around theworld. Includes current research and
speeches in the news on public policy, liturgy,
social justice, the family, and more.
Science & Medicine
eLibrary Science Thousands of full-text and multimedia materials in science including magazines and journals, newspapers, TV and radio transcripts, reference books, websites, images, and streaming audio/video.
Facts.com - Science on File
Enhanced
online
version
of Today's
Science
On File,
monthly
publication
(from September
1992) covering "significant
developments
in science
and technology."
Social Science & History
Annals of American History
Explore United Staes history through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images and multimedia.
CQ Researcher
A different contemporary social issue covered each week in comprehensive un-biased reports by CQ staff.
Facts.com
Complete content from Facts on File World News Digest. Weekly issues of authoritative summaries of the days' news since
1940 and more!
History Study Center
Covers 14 centuries of World History using primary sources, full-text periodicals, historical atlases, maps, images, video clips,
and web sites...great study guides offered on significant topics and classic texts.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Pros and cons of contemporary social issues are presented in essays, overviews, biographies and statistics.
SIRS Decades: 20th century American Sources
20th Century explored in cartoons, advertisements, maps, photographs, posters, poems, primary sources, literary works, speeches
and addresses.
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Explore United Staes history through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images and multimedia.
A different contemporary social issue covered each week in comprehensive un-biased reports by CQ staff.
Complete content from Facts on File World News Digest. Weekly issues of authoritative summaries of the days' news since 1940 and more!
History Resource Center - World
Each database covers U.S. or World history from prehistory to present; full-text periodicals and newspapers, over 1,000 primary source documents, and radio/television transcripts.
Covers 14 centuries of World History using primary sources, full-text periodicals, historical atlases, maps, images, video clips, and web sites...great study guides offered on significant topics and classic texts.
Pros and cons of contemporary social issues are presented in essays, overviews, biographies and statistics.
20th Century explored in cartoons, advertisements, maps, photographs, posters, poems, primary sources, literary works, speeches and addresses.