Resources for Students

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English/Literature
Contemporary Novelists - Includes biographies, bibliographies and critical essays on approximately 650 contemporary writers.

Contemporary Poets, 7th ed. - Provides biographical and bibliographical information on 787 contemporary poets of the English language.

Twayne's Authors Series - Features the content of over 600 books that comprise three print series - United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors. This series is devoted to literary critical interpretation and discussion for readers ranging from high school students through college and above.

History
American Civil War Reference Library
American Revolution Reference Library
Americans at War
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Europe 1450 to 1789
Fashion, Costume and Culture
French and Indian War
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
Harlem Renaissance
History Behind the Headlines
Major Acts of Congress
Mexican American War
Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
War of 1812

Science
Biology: Macmillan Science Library - Explains biological concepts, reviews the history of science, explores related fields, discusses critical issues and commercial applications of research in biology, and addresses ethical issues. Careers in biology are also explored.

General Science Collection - Provides information on all aspects of the scientific world and offers full-text coverage for more than 65 of the most popular science publications.

Science Reference Center - Contains hundreds of articles from science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources to meet every student's science research needs.

Elementary/Middle School Students
Primary Search via Kids Search - A collection of reference materials with an interface geared toward elementary school users. It contains 68 full-text magazines.

Primary Search via Searchasaurus - A collection of reference materials with an interface geared toward elementary and middle school users. It contains 68 full-text magazines.

TOPICsearch - A full-text resource designed for middle school students and above, as well as for teachers and librarians exploring social, political, and economic issues.

InfoTrac Junior - Designed especially for junior high and middle schools. It features full-text magazines appropriate to their libraries and curricula as identified by school librarians. Additionally, it includes full-text newspaper articles from Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, and more than 300 full-color Rand McNally maps.

High School and College Students
General Science Collection - Offers full-text coverage back to 1992 for more than 60 popular science journals. Providing information on all aspects of the scientific world, subject areas include the observation, description, identification, and experimental investigation of phenomena; the application of science to industrial or commercial objectives; and a multivolume encyclopedia of Scientific Achievements.

Health Reference Center-Academic - Includes fitness, medicine, nutrition, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol/drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and more.

MasterFILE Select - Offers full-text of business, consumer, health, general science, humanities, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition, indexing and abstracts for thousands of periodicals is included.