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  • Magnolia

    MAGNOLIA is funded by the Mississippi Legislature and partially funded under the federal Library Services and Technology Act administered by the Mississippi Library Commission for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

    http://library.msstate.edu/magnolia/
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  • JSTOR

    JSTOR (short for Journal Storage) is an online system for archiving academic journals. It provides full-text searches of back issues of several hundred well-known journals.  Use the tutorials to make yourself into a lean, mean searchin' machine!

    http://jstor.org
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  • FACTS ON FILE DATABASES

    Reference and News Services Databases available include:
     
    Careers
    Ferguson's Career Guidance Center     - Provides profiles of nearly 3,400 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, thousands of resource entries, and more!
     
    Medical and Health
    Genes and Disease Online - Describes what scientists know and what they hope to learn in the future about the mysteries of genetic disease, complete with videos.
    Health Reference Center - Gives Clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.
     
    Science
    Today's Science - Bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today.
     
    Literature and Language Arts
    Bloom's Literary Reference Online - Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.
     
    Current Issues
    Issues & Controversies - Explores hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
    Today's Science - Bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today.
    The World News Digest - Brings together and enhances more than seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print.
     
    History
    Issues & Controversies in American History - Builds a deeper understanding of how historical events have shaped our nation by exploring the key players and the battles they fought.
     
    Streaming Video
    Classroom Video on Demand - Provides high schools with unlimited access to thousands of full-length videos and clips on core-curriculum topics.
     

    http://www.fofweb.com/Subscription/Default.asp?BID=7
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  • POINTS OF VIEW

    Hosted by Ebsco
     
    Points of View
     
    Full-text database providing essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.  More than 280 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
     
    Offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. Additionally, this database contains the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, providing a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century.
     
     

    http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&custid=magn0557&site=pov&return=y
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