Databases

ProQuest Ebook Central offers full-text access to thousands of titles from academic, trade and professional publishers in a variety of disciplines. Books are searchable via the eBook Central database, and within via the Hewes Library catalog. Books can be viewed without special software, and chapters may be downloaded in pdf format, but require Adobe Digital Editions (free) to download an entire book and print. Downloaded titles are "checked out" for 7 days. Unlimited users per book. Printing is limited (approx. 40% of a book).

Full-text access to Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times from the mid-1980s to present. Includes articles from both print and online editions.

APA PsycArticles® from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains content from journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present; nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1. APA PsycArticles® is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms®.

Indexes the contents from peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, dissertations, and reports in psychology and related disciplines. Coverage from the early 1800's to the present. NOTE: Includes full-text articles from PsycArticles and links to PsycTests

Indexed collection of tests, measures and surveys found in scholarly literature indexed in PsycInfo. Approximately 50% of the tests are fully accessible, others may be citation only. Identify a test through several access points such as subject, keyword, author, population and other factors.

PubMed® comprises more than 33 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

A great place to find background information to begin your research. Authoritative reference titles covering a wide variety of subjects, including the humanities and social sciences.

A collection of fully searchable reference ebooks from Salem Press relating to literature, American history and culture, science, and health. Helpful for topic generation and background information.

Provides access to digitized Sanborn fire insurance maps to over 500 cities and towns in Illinois. Color versions of maps available from the Library of Congress Collection. Coverage: 1867-1970.

The Saskia Art Images Collections contain 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, as well as archaeological sites.