Research Databases

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Business & Daily Life

Small Business and Resource Center - Includes sample business plans, how-to guides, journal articles and web sites.

El Portal - Collection of databases that provide free 24/7 access to resources such as newspapers, magazine and journal articles, and e-books provided by the New Mexico State Library.

Children/Young Adults & Students

Kids Infobits (K-5) - For beginners. Covers geography, current events, arts, science, health, people, government, history, and sports.

Gale Cengage - Junior Edition - Contains over 330 periodical titles for students in junior high and middle school on current events, arts, science, popular culture, health, government, history, sports, and more.

Gale Cengage - Student Edition - Contains over 1,100 periodical titles for high school students on current events, arts, science, popular culture, health, government, history, sports, and more.

Poetry for Students - Great resource that provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses.

WORLD BOOK WEB:

World Book Online for Kids - For young readers.

World Book Online Info Finder - For students.

Early World of Learning - Skill-building activities and age-appropriate reference content for preschoolers and children in the early grades.

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos - For young native Spanish speakers and beginning Spanish-language students.

General Research

Academic OneFile - Academic-level material material from nearly 12,000 of the world's leading journals and reference sources in both PDF and HTML full-text.

Gale Group InfoTrac US History - Covers political, military, social, and cultural American history.

Gale Group InfoTrac Science - Broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.

Gale Group InfoTrac Center - Find periodical and reference articles from several online databases such as Business and Company Resource Center, Computer, General Reference, General Science, Vocation, Careers & Technology, and Communications and Mass Media.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - This resource of popular Gale Press references in e-book format covers topics ranging from history to science to literature and includes titles such as American Decades, Chemical Elements, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and Literary Movements.

National Geographic - EXPLORE like never before.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context - Information and opinions on hundreds of today's most current social issues, and links to vetted web sites.

Salem History - Included complete content of printed, reference sets.

Salem Literature - Critical Insights Series containing analytical essays on authors and works.

World Book Online Reference Center - For adult information seekers.

Hispanica Saber - For native Spanish speakers and Spanish-language students.

Do-it-Yourself

Chilton Library - Authoritative automotive repair information, covering most popular vehicles of past 30 years.

Magill's Medical Guide - Salem Press Health Database.

Additional Databases

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Literary Reference Center - Contains full-text for more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; literary criticisms, author bios and more.

Legal Forms - New Mexico legal forms list and downloads.

Newsbank InfoWeb - Access to Albuquerque Journal, Las Cruces Sun, and the Roswell Daily Record.

Testing and Education Reference Center - Contains practice tests, courses, scholarship search, resume builder, and career modules.

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