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Provides full text for nearly 4,600 publications, including nearly 3,500 (scholarly) peer-reviewed journals.

Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,043 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Academic Search Premier is an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from many sources unique to this database.

Academic Video Online (AVON) delivers more than 62,000 video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film and more. AVON includes every kind of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. Users will find thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners as well as the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material. (Alexander Street Press)

Search state, national & international articles on issues, events, people, government and more with the world's largest collection of full-text newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, videos and other sources. Full-text articles from 4,700+ domestic and international newspapers including the Idaho Statesman, Financial Times (London) and USA Today. Also includes Access Business News, Access International News, Access Military, Government, and Defense, Access Newswires & Transcripts, and Acceda Noticias.

Developed by dedicated instructors and students of American history, these databases contain the rich, comprehensive material found in leading historic periodicals and books. Eyewitness accounts of historical events, vivid descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, and genealogical records are available in a user-friendly online environment. This resources includes the following components: African American Newspapers; America and World War I: American Military Camp Newspapers; American County Histories; The Civil War; Frank Leslie’s Weekly; Godey’s Lady’s Book; The Liberator; History of Woman Suffrage; National Anti-Slavery Standard; The Pennsylvania Gazette; The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue; The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record:  Delaware County; Reconstruction of Southern States: Pamphlets; Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman; South Carolina Newspapers; Twelve Years A Slave; The Virginia Gazette; Women’s Suffrage Collection. (Accessible Archives)

This enormous collection of African American newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, all of which embody the African-American experience. This resource is part of the Accessible Archives collection.

American Military Camp Newspapers provides users with unparalleled access to unique sources covering the experiences of American soldiers during the mobilization period in 1916, in the trenches in 1918 and through the occupation of Germany in 1919.  This collection addresses a topic and period that continues to be of the widest interest and importance to scholars, students, and the general public - America in the World War I Era. Camp newspapers make important original source Material--much of it written by soldiers for soldiers--readily available for research and fresh interpretation of events about "The War to End All Wars." This resource is part of the Accessible Archives collection.

EBSCO partners with American Antiquarian Society (AAS), the premier library documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to provide digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. (EBSCO)

Details on the collection can be found here.

Includes selected county histories for states in the Central, Mid Atlantic, New England, Southeast, Southwest, and West regions. These books include chapters with detailed coverage of local history, geology, geography, weather, transportation, lists of all local participants in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, government, the medical and legal professions, and many additional subject areas. This resource is part of the Accessible Archives collection.

This collection traces the progress of American History and extensively covers the major themes of the period from colonization and settlement through the revolution, expansion, politics, slavery, the Civil War and reconstruction, to World War II.  The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History holds one of the outstanding collections on American History. It is full of individual items, but it also has rich veins of manuscript research material. This makes it ideal for teaching survey courses on American History, but equally valuable as a platform for undergraduate essay work and postgraduate research. This resource is part of the Adam Matthew collection.

Archives Unbound addresses students and scholars' pressing need to see primary, unpublished archival documents. There is no better way to study the past than through consultation of primary source documents. Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level. Includes the following components: Conditions & Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940-1945; Feminism in Cuba: Nineteenth through Twentieth Century Archival Documents; German Folklore and Popular Culture: Das Kloster. Scheible; International Women’s Periodicals, 1786-1933: Social and Political Issues; Literature, Culture and Society in Depression Era America: Archives of the Federal Writers’ Project; Middle East Online: Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970; Middle East Online: Iraq, 1914-1974; Mountain People: Life and Culture in Appalachia; Overland Journeys: Travels in the West, 1800-1880; Papers of Amiri Baraka, Poet Laureate of the Black Power Movement; Post-War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement, 1945-1950; Psychological Warfare and Propaganda in World War II: Air Dropped and Shelled Leaflets and Periodicals; Rastafari Ephemeral Publications from the Written Rastafari Archives Project; SUR, 1931-1992; Testaments to the Holocaust. Documents and Rare Printed Materials from the Wiener Library, London; The Southern Literary Messenger: Literature of the Old South; Women, War and Society, 1914-1918. (Gale)

AutoMate provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.

Content Includes: service and repair procedures, wiring diagrams, technical service bulletins and recalls, maintenance schedules, specifications, diagnostic trouble codes, labor estimates, parts pricing, component locations. (EBSCO)

Access the full text journals "Biblical Archaeology Review" (1975-current), "Bible Review" (1985-2005) and "Archaeology Odyssey" (1998-2006); the New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land; plus the complete collaborative book series by the Biblical Archaeology Society and the Smithsonian Institution. The website features over 7,000 full-text articles with integrated Bible passages, footnotes, and abbreviation definitions for each article; over 22,000 images; and video lectures.

Quickly determine where to find biographical material on people from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor. Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes current, easily accessible references sources, as well as important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.

The total number of biographical sketches indexed now exceeds 17 million citations and points to more than 2000 publications, covering over 5 million people. Biography and Genealogy Master Index contains names, birth/ death years, and bibliographic references to books containing material on that person and an indication of which books or articles include a portrait.

Business Collection provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily. Complementing these titles is a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications, all available on the state-of-the-art InfoTrac platform. (Gale)

The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. It is the indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice. (University of Chicago Press)

The 17th edition.

ProQuest History Vault's coverage of the Black Freedom Struggle offers the opportunity to study the most well-known and also unheralded events of the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century from the perspective of the men, women, and sometimes even children who waged one of the most inspiring social movements in American history.  The Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century consists of four modules: two modules of Federal Government Records, and two modules of Organizational Records and Personal Papers, offering unique documentation and a variety of perspectives on the 20th century fight for freedom. Major collections in these modules include Civil Rights records from the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and George H. W. Bush presidencies; the Martin Luther King FBI File and FBI Files on locations of major civil rights demonstrations like Montgomery and Selma, Alabama or St. Augustine, Florida; and the records of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).  For a more complete description, please follow this link. 

ProQuest History Vault's coverage of the Black Freedom Struggle offers the opportunity to study the most well-known and also unheralded events of the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century from the perspective of the men, women, and sometimes even children who waged one of the most inspiring social movements in American history.  The Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century consists of four modules: two modules of Federal Government Records, and two modules of Organizational Records and Personal Papers, offering unique documentation and a variety of perspectives on the 20th century fight for freedom. Major collections in these modules include Civil Rights records from the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and George H. W. Bush presidencies; the Martin Luther King FBI File and FBI Files on locations of major civil rights demonstrations like Montgomery and Selma, Alabama or St. Augustine, Florida; and the records of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).  For a more complete description, please follow this link.

ProQuest History Vault's coverage of the Black Freedom Struggle offers the opportunity to study the most well-known and also unheralded events of the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century from the perspective of the men, women, and sometimes even children who waged one of the most inspiring social movements in American history. The NAACP Papers collection consists of 6 modules. The NAACP Papers collections contains internal memos, legal briefings, and direct action summaries from national, legal, and branch offices throughout the country. It charts the NAACP's work and delivers a first-hand view into crucial issues. With a timeline that runs from 1909 to 1972, the NAACP Papers document the realities of segregation in the early 20th century to the triumphs of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and beyond. Major collections in these modules include Civil Rights records from the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and George H. W. Bush presidencies; the Martin Luther King FBI File and FBI Files on locations of major civil rights demonstrations like Montgomery and Selma, Alabama or St. Augustine, Florida; and the records of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).  For a more specific description, please follow this link.

Primary source. Contains major articles from The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. Includes descriptive news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies. For additional information on the Civil War Collection, click here. This resource is part of the Accessible Archives collection.

Colonial America enables access to a vast archive of circa 70,000 manuscript documents – now fully searchable using Handwritten Text Recognition technology. Sourced from The National Archives UK, Colonial America offers access to thousands of documents on North America from 1606-1822. This resource is part of the Adam Matthew collection.

Communication & Mass Media Complete provides quality research in areas related to communication and mass media with full text for >200 titles and citations for additional sources.

Computer Database provides access to leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries. The database includes more than 600 journals and periodicals, providing information on computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology. (Gale)

The most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today's mental health clinicians and researchers of all orientations. DSM-5® is used by health professionals, social workers,and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders, and is the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts in all aspects of mental health. The criteria are concise and explicit, intended to facilitate an objective assessment of symptom presentations in a variety of clinical settings- inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinical, private practice, and primary care. (American Psychiatric Association)

DSM Library includes the DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, DSM-5 Clinical Cases, and the Guía de consulta del DSM-5.

EBSCO Education databases search designed for teachers.  This search includes the following databases: ERIC, Professional Development Collection, Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson), and Education Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson).

NewsVault delivers the definitive cross-searching experience for exploring your library's collection of Gale historical newspapers. With the power to search over 10 million digitized facsimile pages, Gale NewsVault provides an unparalleled window to the past. (Gale)

Gale Primary Sources is an integrated research environment that allows users to search across all of their Gale primary source collections. Gale Primary Sources takes users beyond a simple search and retrieve workflow, allowing them to analyze content using frequency and term-relationship tools. Through intuitive subject-indexing users will discover new material even in the most familiar of content sets. Includes the following components: Archives Unbound; Eighteenth Century Collections Online; The Making of the Modern World; Sabin Americana, 1500-1926; American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990; The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources; U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978; American Fiction; Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920; Nineteenth Century Collections Online; 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection; 19th Century UK Periodicals; British Library Newspapers; Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004; The Economist Historical Archive; Financial Times Historical Archive; The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003; Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers; Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992; The Sunday Times Digital Archive; The Telegraph Historical Archive; The Times Digital Archive; The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive

(Gale)

Health & Wellness Resource Center delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources.(Gale)

IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. IPA Source offers texts to works for the solo voice in Latin, Italian, German, French, Spanish, and English. The goal of IPA Source is to promote the comprehension and accurate pronunciation of foreign language texts in art song and opera in order that the singer may imbue each syllable with the appropriate emotional content. (IPA Source)

Online access to both JoVE Video Journal and JoVE Science Education modules.

JoVE Video Journal is the first, peer reviewed scientific journal combining high-quality video demonstrations with detailed text protocols. (JoVE)

JoVE Science Education is a revolutionary video library dedicated to teaching scientific fundamentals through simple easy-to-understand video demonstrations. (JoVE)

Find breaking U.S. and international news and reports covering politics, business, opinion, technology, science, health, sports, arts, books, style, food, travel, real estate, and more.

Note: The McKay Library has provided you with a NYTimes.com Pass, which gives you complimentary access to NYTimes.com and NYT apps. To claim your pass, start by creating a free NYTimes.com account. You must log in to your account to have full access to the New York Times.

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This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Coverage: 1851 - 2013

Oral History Online provides in-depth indexing to more than 2,700 collections of Oral History in English from around the world.  The collection also provides keyword searching of more than 329,400 pages of full-text by close to 10,000 individuals from all walks of life.  It also contains pointers to over 4,200 audio and video files and almost 19,000 bibliographic records.

Cover to cover access for the most recent issues (30 days); for students and employees of BYU-Idaho.

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A substantial collection of the best technical books today—including titles from Pearson, O'Reilly Media, and more—organized by the most popular subjects, from web development and mobile apps to entrepreneurship and UX/IA. The library includes over 30,000 books and videos covering topics such as AutoCad, business, CAD, career development, data, design, hardware, math, science, engineering, programming languages, cloud computing, security, software development, system administration, artificial intelligence, travel, hobbies, and more.

Slavery and the Law features petitions on race, slavery, and free blacks that were submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses between 1775 and 1867. 

This database provides specialized, editorially curated A&I resources critical to researchers with an academic, professional or personal interest in the field of physical education. Through scholarly and trade literature, the database covers a wide range of topics, ranging from physical and health education to fitness and recreation and the business of sports, as well as kinesiology, physical therapy, motor learning, and sport sociology and psychology.  Coverage: 1970 - current.  Formerly known as Physical Education Index.

Digital Campus by Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.® allows students the flexibility to legally view course-assigned films outside the classroom. Download the mobile apps from to view films on the go.

Electronic access to Harper's Weekly (1857-1912) covering the Civil War Era, Reconstruction, Gilded Age I, II, III & IV collections. 

Theatre (formerly known as North American Theatre Online) features performances of works by American, European, Asian, and other worldwide dramatists from the past several centuries. In addition to performances, Theatre also features dozens of documentaries and interviews about theatre, discussing the history of theatre, acting methods, pioneering dramatists and actors, and much more.

The early women’s rights movement built upon the principles and experiences of other efforts to promote social justice and to improve the human condition. Collectively these efforts are known as reform. After the Civil War, many abolitionist activists joined the Temperance and Women’s Suffrage movements. This collection includes newspapers that had some overlap between the temperance and women’s rights movements, as well as an anti-suffrage paper. This resource is part of the Accessible Archives collection.