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Adams State: Book Catalog Shows the books, videos, maps, etc., owned by Adams StateNielsen Library. no
A to Z Print Lists journals, magazines, and newspapers available at the Adams State library in either paper or microfilm format. no
Art & Architecture Complete Covers a wide variety of subjects, including antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design, and more. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Academic Search
Complete
 Multi-disciplinary -- academic resources.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Agricola Contains records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Business Source
Premier - Enhanced		 Business.  See EBSCOhost for more information. The same database as the Original version but the searching interface is different. yes
Business Source
Premier - Original
 Business.  See EBSCOhost for more information. The same database as the Enhanced version but the searching interface is different. yes
Chronicle of Higher
Education
 Contains news, information, and job listings related to the world of academia.  Full access is available only from on campus. yes
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Provides searching and viewing of American newspapers from 1880-1922. Also provides information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. yes
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
 Nursing and consumer health.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
Colorado's Historic
Newspaper Collection		 As of 2008, this collection included 147 newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923.  Included are newspapers published in English, German, Spanish, and Swedish. yes
EBSCOhost EBSCOhost is a collection of databases. These databases are listed individually on this page. Using EBSCOhost, it is possible to search more than one database at the same time. yes
EBSCOhost
special link		 It is necessary to use this link only in one unique circumstance. If you want to access Adams State College's collection of EBSCOhost databases from a different library or institution which has its own subscription to EBSCOhost, you may need to use this link in order to bypass the other library's setup and to access Adams State's. If you have any questions or difficulties, please call the reference desk at 719-587-7879 or the technology librarian at 719-587-7581. yes
ERIC (EBSCOhost) Education.  Requires a username and password.  See EBSCOhost for more information.  
ERIC (public site)
 Education.  Does not require a username and password. yes
Funk & Wagnalls
New World Encyclopedia
 General encyclopedia.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Gold Rush Lists the journals, magazines, and newspapers available full-text online to Adams State patrons.  Also lists those titles which are indexed (generally with an abstract) online.  Directs the user to the appropriate database(s) for a given title.  yes linked
GPO
 Catalog of publications from the Government Printing Office. Includes congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records. Also contains judiciary materials and reports issued by executive departments (e.g., Defense, State, Labor). yes
GreenFILE Explores the human impact on the environment. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Historical Abstracts History. See EBSCOhost for more information. no
LexisNexis
on-campus access		 Covers legal issues, medical topics, news, public records, and business information.  Contains reference materials such as country profiles, polls & surveys, quotations, and state profiles.  Includes state and federal case law, as well as state and federal codes and regulations.  Covers U.S. patents from 1971 to the present. yes
LexisNexis
off-campus access		 See description above. yes
Library of American Civilization (LAC) Covers many aspects of life in the United States from colonial times to the beginning of World War I.  yes
MAS Ultra
 		Resources appropriate for research by high school students.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
MasterFILE Elite Multi-disciplinary -- popular and academic resources.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Mental Measurements
Yearbook
 Psychology. A guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.  It does not, however, contain the tests themselves.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Middle Search Plus Resources appropriate for research by middle school students.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
MLA Directory of Periodicals Literature. See EBSCOhost for more information. no
MLA International Bibliography Literature. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
Music Listening Collection Contains a list of the music recording holdings of the Adams State Music Department. no
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Biology and medicine.  Journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics. yes
Newspaper Source Newspapers.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
NoveList Plus Literature (primarily pleasure reading).  See EBSCOhost for more information. no
Nursing Reference Center Nursing.  See EBSCOhost for more information. N/A
Oxford Music Online Music.  Includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and Grove Music Online. yes
Oxford English Dictionary English and Literature. The OED is a historical dictionary and thesaurus that contains definitons, origins, and timelines for over 600,000 words. N/A
Primary Search
 Resources appropriate for research by elementary school students.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Prospector:
Book Catalog		 Shows books, videos, maps, etc., owned by member libraries and available for request. no
PsycARTICLES
 Psychology.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
PsycINFO
 Psychology.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes linked
PubMed PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine and covers all areas of health and medicine.  PubMed includes MEDLINE, OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man), Genome (whole genomes of over 1000 viruses and over 100 microbes), and more.  yes
Regional
Business News
 Business. See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
SciFinder Scholar Science.  Available only with the aid of a professor from the department of science.  Contact Marty Jones for additional information.  no
SocINDEX with Full Text
 Sociology.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
SPORTDiscus with Full Text Sports and sports medicine.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Tests in Print Psychology.  A comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in English.  It does not, however, contain the tests themselves.  See EBSCOhost for more information.  
TOPICsearch Multi-disciplinary -- popular sources.  See EBSCOhost for more information. yes
Valley Courier Headlines Indexing of the Valley Courier from September 1997 to the present.  The information provided includes headlines, general subject area, date, page, and column.  Additionally, from 1956 - 1997 some of the obituaries are indexed.  Valley Courier website. no
Wall Street Journal Full-text of the eastern edition of The Wall Street Journal. yes
WorldCat
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WorldCat
(FirstSearch) 		With more than 56 million records, WorldCat is the world's largest database of library collections.  It contains the holdings of thousands of libraries around the world.  It does not contain information on individual journal articles, but it does contain information about journal titles.  It also contains information about books, videos, maps, and more.