William Hessel Library

Selected Full-text Electronic Resources

(Includes electronic formats of published print materials, e.g., American National Biography.)

NOTE: Use the Research Portal to search simultaneously the Online Catalog and selected databases on and off campus. Go to the Online Catalog and log in to access this feature which allows for searching multiple resources.

Also: Off campus database passwords are posted on WaveLink under the Academic Resources tab. Login to WaveLink with your 8 digit student ID number and your WaveLink password.

American National Biography Biographies of over 19,000 deceased Americans. Updated quarterly. The hard copy set, 1999, is available in the library. (database) Biography Reference Bank on WilsonWeb 446,000+ people plus 32,000+ images from antiquity through today. Includes full-text and selected full-text from over 100 published hard copy print sources, e.g., Current Biography, as well as full-text and cited magazine articles.(database) College Source 34,000+ College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format. (database) Encyclopaedia Britannica (database, only searchable on campus) Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Up-to-date profiles of more than 2,000 of today's most popular jobs in more than 90 industries. Includes content from the Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, 12th ed. .Scholarship information is available as well as information on careers that do not require four-year degrees. (database) Gale Virtual Reference Library Search the full-text to published reference titles in the subject fields of business, environment, history, medicine, multicultural studies, and science. (InfoTrac database) Grove Music Online Full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, (London, 2001) and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (London, 1992). (database) LEXIS-NEXIS Academic UniverseGood source for locating full-text law information as well as searching news - today's and 20 years back. Search over 60 major newspapers including the NYT. (database)

Literature Online Full-text and cited only resources for English and American literature. (database) Naxos Music Library This is the world's leading classical music label, with a catalogue of over 5000 CDs (80,000 individual tracks) with genres including jazz and world music in addition to the classical core. Playlists allow professors to create listening homework lists. Set timeouts ensure that no one abuses the service. Browse by composer to access composer's biographies. Click on Advanced Search to find a specific piece of music. (database, but searchable only on campus) netLibrary 24,000+ full-text books (eBooks). These titles are copyrighted materials - actual published books available in electronic format to read online. (Create an account on a LMC campus in order to search from off campus.) Occupational Outlook Handbook Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. Print copy is available in the Hessel Library. Oxford English Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. (database) Oxford Reference Online Premium Contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. (database) Statistical Abstract of the United States Contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. A hard copy is available in the Hessel Library. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics World Almanac (FirstSearch database) A hard copy is available in the library. World Factbook - Online version of the hard copy. Contains information on countries. The information is updated every two weeks. Published by the Central Intelligence Agency.