The following databases are available for on campus use only.
EBSCOHost
Select -
Fourteen databases of journals, magazines, newspapers, newswires, reports, pamphlets,
monographs, television and radio news transcripts, encyclopedic entries, primary
sources, biographies, photos, maps, flags, abstracts, digests, indexing. Areas
covered include academic studies, business, nursing, consumer health, clinical
pharmacology, military, education.
Enciclopedia Universal
en Español - Comprehensive online Spanish-language
encyclopedia published by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Online - Complete Encyclopaedia Britannica plus three
other Britannica encyclopedias, Year in
Review (1993-2003), Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
Dictionary and Thesaurus, interactive timelines, standard
citation formats, links to over 300,000 websites.
Facts On File and World
News Digest Issues & Controversies - Facts on
File includes National and international events, issues, people,
statistics; 1940-current; primary source documents, newspaper
editorials,
biographies, maps, country profiles, obituaries, photos, maps,
timelines, world-press links, Reuters News; Issues & Controversies
includes“Pro & Con” coverage
of 600 key topics, background information, timelines, primary
sources, interviews, bibliographies, contact directories.
Library
Materials Search -
Electronic access to holdings of Rolling Prairie Library
System, of which Lincoln College is a member. Access Lincoln
College holdings: enter appropriate
information in search box, click go. On the search results
screen, click selected item and in the limit by box
select Lincoln College or another institution.
Literature
Resource Center - Critical essays, overviews, plot
summaries, explications, author biographies and portraits,
and definitions
of literary terms from Contemporary Authors
Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography
Online plus limited selections from and up to 80% of Classical and Medieval
Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, 19th Century
and 20th Century Literature Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Drama Criticism,
Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism; other literature sets; Merriam Webster
Encyclopedia of Literature. Includes full-text journal articles and over 5,000
authoratative websites. Produced by Gale Publications.
My
eCareers 101 - Over
2,500 occupations treated in over 650 occupational briefs.
Includes interest inventory, career paths, educational
search, and portfolio. A product of Chronicle Guidance
Publications. To access the site, contact your English
instructor or the Lincoln College librarian.
National Newspapers -
Five full-text national newspapers: Historical New York Times, 1851-2001; New
York Times 1995-current; New York Times Book Review and
Magazine, 1997-current; St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1992-current;
USA TODAY, 1987-current; Wall Street Journal, 1984-current;
Washington Post, 1987-current.
Newsbank -
Twelve full-text Illinois newspapers: Belleville News-Democrat, 2001-current;
Chicago Sun-Times, 1986-current; Chicago Tribune,
1985-current, and RedEye Edition, 10/25/2002-current;
Daily Herald
(Arlington Heights), 1995-current; Edwardsville Intelligencer,
6/26/2000-current;
Herald & Review (Decatur), 1995-current; News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana),
6/1997-current; Pantagraph (Bloomington), 1989-current;
Peoria Journal Star, 1992-current; Rockford Register
Star, 1999-current;
Southern Illinoisan, 2/2002-current; State Journal-Register
(Springfield), 1985-current.
Net
Library eBooks -
Contains digital versions of career-related books,
journals, and database content.
Illinois Websites - (Access available only to Illinois residents)
