Library databases provide users with electronic access to more current information resources.
Off Campus Access:
If you are using these databases from elsewhere (outside of the Blazer Library network), click on Off-Campus Access
Note: Your Login and Password will be your KSU email login and password
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The following links are designed to work from within the Blazer Library network only.
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African American Biographical Databases (AABD)
Biographies of over 30,000 African Americans in more than 40,000 biographical sketches from Chadwyck-Healey's acclaimed Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950. This database is updated monthly |
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African American Newspapers (Readex)
"African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 offers researchers valuable primary sources for such diverse disciplines as cultural, literary and social history, ethnic studies and more. Users can compare and contrast African American views on pratically every major theme of the American past." |
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Books in Print
Provides users with access to:
The complete Books In Print database of US titles; Books Out-of-Print; Children’s Books In Print; Forthcoming Books; Bowker’s Publisher Authority Database; Bowker’s Complete Video Directory; Words on Cassette. |
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
"The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short a one stop shop for users to Open Access Journals."
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EBSCOhost Web
General and specialized databases in business, nursing, medicine, education, psychology, etc. Also features Books in Print with Reviews. Includes the full text of many periodicals. |
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Ethnic News Watch
Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press in America. This source has information on such topics as social justice, race relations, and bilingual education. Ethnic NewsWatch is a collection of more than 600,000 full-text articles from 200 publications. |
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GPO Access
Federal Government information from 1,500 databases covering topics such as Health, Law, Science & Technology, Business and Census statistics. |
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Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL)
Provides the same databases offered by EBSCOhost Web and OCLC FirstSearch, plus access to the online catalogs of Kentucky universities and links to many useful reference sources. Full text ERIC documents (journal and non-journal material on educational topics) can be found in this database. Choose a Single Catalog or Database, such as clicking on the word, ERIC, to get to the database. ERIC documents can also be found on microfilm at Blazer Library. Ask a Reference Librarian for additional details. |
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Literature Resource Center (Gale)
"Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline." |
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Mosby's Nursing Consult
Mosby's Nursing Consult brings the leading resources together in one integrated online service to help nurses efficiently find answers to pressing clinical questions. Mosby's Nursing Consult is the perfect resource for the clinical nurse, the nurse administrators and the nurse faculty |
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Oxford African American Studies Center
"The Oxford African American Studies Center offers more than 8,000 articles that comprise the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African and African American history and culture." |
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SIRS
SIRS provides full-text articles on social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and other issues. |
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ValueLine
The Value Line Investment Survey is one of the most widely used independent investment information services in the world. Its up-to-date, weekly issues are also a comprehensive reference that has something useful for virtually every investor. In breadth of coverage it is encyclopedic, covering some 1,700 equity issues. |
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Wilson Web
General and specialized databases in Applied Science, Biology, Agriculture, Literature, Education, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and Library Science. Also features Book Review Digest Plus and the Biograhy Reference Bank. |
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