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Ancestry Library Edition

This site is only available to users inside the libraries.

Ancestry Library Edition The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. In the coming year, still more indexes and original images will be added to the new Immigration collection.

Bowker's Books in Print

Books In Print provides access to a comprehensive database of titles from over 165,000 publishers, distributors, wholesalers and book agents. Provides full-text reviews, full bibliographic information, and contact information for publishers.

EBSCO

MasterFILE Premier: Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Auto Repair Reference Center: Contains complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, publisher of Chilton information. The step-by-step procedures are written for the Do-It-Yourselfer, but are comprehensive enough for professional technicians. Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954. New repair procedures and updates are added continuously.

The following EBSCO features are available to State Library patrons only:

Academic Search Elite: Academic Search Elite offers full text for more than 2,000 serials, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 100 journals have PDF images back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.

Business Source Premier: This is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for more than 8,800 serials. Business Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.

Health Source Premiere: This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Facts.com

Gale Group Databases

Biography Resource Center
This database combines biographies from Gale Group sources and also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal fact such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a custom search.

Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

Discovering Collection
Use this database to retrieve in-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).

General BusinessFile ASAP 1980 - Present
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

General Reference Center Gold 1980 - Present
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images, on current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

Health and Wellness Resource Center 1997 - Present With Alternative Health Module
Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.

Infotrac Onefile1980 - APR, 2006
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English, and Twayne World Authors
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contain the full text of 200 Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles.

National Newspaper Index 1997 - Present
National Newspaper Index provides access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

Student Resource Center Junior 1980-Present
A fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 300 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Restricted to the middle school market.

Testing and Education Resource Center
Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.

The following Gale Group features are available to State Library patrons only:

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to more than 12.7 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
An advertisment-driven limited free version is available here.

Newsbank

Full text backfiles of 7 Louisiana and 10 national newspapers.

ALLDATA Online Automotive Repair Database

This site is available to patrons inside the State Library only.

Automobile repair information, wiring diagrams, and suggested maintenance schedules are available from ALLDATA Online. The user can choose year, model, make, and engine type and then browse through lists of auto components to locate repair information or to find technical service bulletins. ALLDATA includes more than 20 years of repair information and is updated regularly. This is the database of choice for most professional automotive repair shops.

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database

This site is available to patrons inside the State Library only.

This database provides access to book reviews, bibliographic data, and awards and prizes information for children's books and media.

College Source

This site is available to Calcasieu Parish Public Library patrons only.

14,011 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format now including International Colleges.

eLibrary Plus