General Research

Research a wide range of subjects across 14 databases:  ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, eBooks, ECO, ERIC, GPO, Illinois Catalog, MEDLINE, OAIster, OpenAccess Content, PapersFirst, Proceedings, WorldCat and WorldCatDissertations

Access thousands of full-text scholarly, trade, consumer and general interest periodicals covering the top 150 core academic subject areas. 

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Access full-text publicly available scholarly content to supplement your research needs.    Retrieve content from repositories such as arXiv as well as open access journals, pre-prints, books, conference papers and reports. 

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Explore over 44 million U.S. and Canadian businesses and over 150 million residential profiles.  Research businesses by type, size, or location creating marketing plans, business plans and more. 

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Find information about the history, people, government, economy, geography, environment, and more for over 250 nations and world entities. 

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WorldCat connects thousands of libraries, making it easy for you to browse every collection, all in one place.  Search millions of records, for books, multimedia, web resources, and other materials for your Interlibrary Loan needs. 

WorldCat information can be accessed two different ways.  (Each presents results differently, so you can determine which suits your research needs)

> OCLC FirstSearch
> WorldCat Website  

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