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This free search engine searches the free full-text of over 400 online law reviews and law journals, as well as document repositories hosting academic papers and related publications such as Congressional Research Service reports.
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AccessMedicine provides students, residents, clinicians, researchers and other health professionals with access to more than 60 clinical reference and medical education resources.
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Content includes thousands of images, interactive self-assessments, case files, diagnostic tools, and the ability to view from and download content to a mobile device.
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AccessPhysiotherapy is devoted exclusively to the study, instruction, and practice of physical therapy – with groundbreaking content for today’s PT.
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Updated regularly, this comprehensive online physiotherapy resource integrates leading physical therapy textbooks, procedure and exercise videos, image galleries, self-assessment tools, and a unique cadaver dissection tool –optimized for viewing on any device.
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The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) digital library provides access to every article ever published by ACM, in the form of citations and full text.
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There are many different documents available, including newsletters, transcripts of meetings and workshops, and company publications.
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Agricola is a database of materials acquired by the National Agriculture Library and other institutions. These are bibliographic records for books, journals, and audiovisual materials in the areas of agriculture, forestry, and animal science.
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Citations and some full text. If full text is not directly available, search the journals or publication by name in the Simmons Library catalog.
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ARBAonline is "the most comprehensive, authoritative database for quality reviews of print and electronic reference works. It was launched in response to popular demand from library professionals.
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Derived from the trusted reference standard American Reference Books Annual, ARBAonline features 9,500+ reviews of reference works published since 1997. ARBAonline's reviews cover reference sources from more than 400 publishers.
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Identify historical collections of primary source materials in archives and repositories throughout the United States.
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Repository records provide detailed information including phone and fax numbers, hours of service, materials solicited, email, and home page URLs when available. Each collection record links to its corresponding repository record, simplifying the research process.
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ARTstor is an online database of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images. Faculty in the Art Department may create their own image collections and presentations for class.
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With ARTstor you can zoom in on and pan images as well as print, save and organize them.
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Based on Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, this online guide maintains the evidence-based origins of the text and provides careful attention to clinical accuracy, and to the range of patient types profiled in the series.
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Now in its Fifth Edition and featuring completely reshot content and new clinical skills videos, Bates’ Visual Guide delivers head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the (Advanced) Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. The site features more than 8 hours of video content.
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Bibliography of the History of art indexes and abstracts books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer catalogs as well as articles on the history of Western art.
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The BHA file covers items from 1975-2007.
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Booklist is a book-review magazine that has been published by the American Library Association for more than 100 years, and is widely viewed as offering the most reliable reviews to help libraries decide what to buy and to help library patrons and students decide what to read, view, or listen to
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More than 160,000 reviews and thousands of features dating back to 1992 and 8,000 new reviews and related features every year.
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Beatley Library now provides complete access to BostonGlobe.com for all current students, staff, and faculty members.
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Today's headlines and the complete digital edition of the daily newspaper.
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Career Transitions is an online career guidance center that walks users through the job-search process.
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Career Transitions employs a step-by-step approach to help people explore new career possibilities,assess their interests and experience, identify ways to improve their prospects, including networking and education; prepare for a job search; and search and apply for jobs. Key features include resume and cover letter creation support, interactive interview practice, and tools to match previous work or military experience to potential career paths.
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Charleston Advisor provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed assessments of electronic resources by the very people who use them the most: information professionals.
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Reviews include basic product information such as pricing, contract provisions and subscriber lists, and more. Resources are assigned a composite score based on content, searchability, price and contract options.
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Chronicle of Higher Education is a weekly newspaper that features academic-related news articles, information and job listings for college and university faculty and administrators.
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It also includes current and back issues, search features, opinions & ideas, facts & figures, topics, advice, forums and events.
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These video collections provide faculty and students with a first-hand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice. These collections provide a thorough grounding in dozens of therapeutic methods and diagnoses, insight into the human condition, and training in skills such as reflection and empathy while working with specific populations such as veterans and teens.
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videos, transcripts, books, and articles
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From the Congressional Quarterly, CQ Researcher publishes weekly reports on current events issues and provides thorough and up-to-date coverage of a number of topics, including social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy.
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Each 12,000-word report includes an overview, chronology, pro/con statements, a bibliography and more.
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This handbook contains extensive tables of physical and chemical properties, molecular structure, nuclear and particle physics, geophysics and astronomy, to name just a few. The information it contains is extremely reliable and a good place to start when unfamiliar with a particular scientific topic.
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Here you can find tables of standard scientific values and formulas, from atomic weights to temperature conversions and much more.
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D&B Hoovers — which combines the best of the former Hoovers solution, insights-rich Dun & Bradstreet data, and the robust Avention OneSource platform — offers deeper insights on important industries, accounts, and contacts. It offers functionality to help you quickly analyze and understand companies at a granular level. Please log out of D&B Hoovers when you are finished using the database.
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contains information from more than 25,000 data sources, including market research, analyst reports, regulatory filings, news releases and much more.
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses.
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PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
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Using the Grants.gov system makes it faster, easier and more cost effective for grant applicants to electronically interact with federal grant-making agencies. It also provides the following key benefits, among many others, to the grant community.
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Centralized information on more than 1,000 different grant programs across all 26 federal grant-making agencies awarding more than $500 billion annually.
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HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive database of American genealogical sources.
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It includes city directories, family and local histories, U.S. Census records from 1790-1940, and military records from the Revolutionary War and other conflicts as well as research aids.
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HistoryMakers is the largest African American video oral history archive.
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With over 9,000 hours (2,800 interviews) of unique content, the HistoryMakers Digital Archive features videotaped first person testimony of both well-known and unsung African Americans recorded across the United States as well as places like Norway, Mexico and the Caribbean. Interviews are housed permanently at the Library of Congress.
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Horn Book Guide contains reputable book reviews for children's and young adult literature.
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This periodical is published every six months and reviews the most recent hardcover trade books. The print version is organized alphabetically by author's last name within categories, and each book is rated by the editors on a scale of 1 (outstanding) - 6 (unacceptable). The web site includes reviews rated 1-4 (omitting 5-6), and can be browsed by categories or searched by author, title and ISBN.
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First published in 1899 as a small reference book for physicians and pharmacists, The Merck Manual grew in size and scope to become one of the world's most widely used comprehensive medical resources for professionals and consumers.
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As the Merck Manual evolved, it continually expanded the reach and depth of its offerings to reflect the mission of providing the best medical knowledge of the day to a wide cross-section of users, including medical professionals and students, veterinarians and veterinary students, and consumers.
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Simmons Library provides complete access to NYTimes.com for all current students, staff, and faculty members through a Group Pass. Individual registration is required annually.
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In addition to current content, access a rich portal, New York Times in Education, with specially curated articles and instructional strategies by faculty consultants.
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Open Access Theses and Dissertations indexes 4.6 million freely-accessible theses and dissertations from hundreds of academic institutions.
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Information about open access theses and dissertations, with links to the full-text originals.
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The Oxford English Dictionary is the most authoritative dictionary of the English language.
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In both the print and online versions, entries include a history of where a word was first published, alternate spellings, pronunciations and an etymological analysis.
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This resource help you to bring readers and picture books together, helping you find the best picture books in one place, without having to consult multiple resources.
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Picture Book Database combines data from dozens of online and print sources, thousands of picture books, and countless publisher, author, and illustrator websites.
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PLAmetrics is your portal to the Public Library Data Service (PLDS) Statistical Report digital database. The database offers you access to all the yearly PLDS data currently available (FY2002-FY2018) and access to the IMLS data (FY2000-FY2015).
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The Report is compiled from surveys submitted by public libraries across the United States and Canada and presents timely and topical data on finances, library resources, annual use figures and technology to assist public library administrators in making informed management decisions.
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ProQuest Research Companion helps students do more effective scholarly research and learn the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
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It includes more than 80 short videos organized into nine learning modules that answer questions like How do I choose a topic?, Where do I find information?, and How do I evaluate sources?, with pre- and post- assessment questions to make the experience interactive. It also includes search, source evaluation and revision aids as well as a citation builder.
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ProQuest Science Database supports the needs of students studying applied and general sciences.
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Science Database includes 7.3 million full text articles from over 1600 sources, with charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos and other graphical elements.
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PubMed comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books.
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Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites. Also included are links to full-text articles available through the Simmons Library. Look for the Find Full-Text button on the upper right side of the screen to see if Simmons has it.
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This online version of the 10-volume Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy is regarded as the definitive reference resource in the field and features 2,000 original entries from a team of over 1,300 of the world's most respected scholars and philosophers.
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Covers a wide range of subject matter, including Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy, with over 25,000 hot-linked cross-references between articles and links to other editorially reviewed websites.
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SAGE Stats provides extensive social science data covering geographies within the United States and spans topics such as healthcare, crime, education, employment, religion, and government finances. It includes CQ Press Local Stats and State Stats.
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Visualize and compare thousands of normalized data sets to create new and interesting research avenues. Export data for greater analysis or combine with your own data to create new insights.
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SciFinder Scholar searches the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases, which cover research from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, material science and agricultural science. You must create an account to use this service.
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References from nearly 9,500 currently published journals and patents from more than 50 active patent issuing authorities.
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Keep track of what's happening in the research world. Across all research fields—science, mathematics, engineering, technology, health and medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities—Scopus is an index that delivers a broad overview of global, interdisciplinary scientific information that researchers like you need.
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Scopus has twice as many titles and over 30% more publishers listed than any other A&I database, with interdisciplinary content that covers the research spectrum: timely updates from thousands of peer-reviewed journals; preliminary findings from millions of conference papers; and the thorough analysis in thousands of books.
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SimplyAnalytics (formerly SimplyMap) has all the data you need to answer key research questions, make sound business decisions, and understand the socio-demographic and economic conditions of any geographic area in the United States.
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They currently offer more than 75,000 data variables related to demographics, employment, housing, market segments, businesses, consumer spending, brand preferences, and public health.
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The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best-known statistical reference publication in the country, and perhaps, the world. As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people.
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Statistical Abstracts includes line-item access to statistical tables, data updated monthly, and table-specific capabilities for narrowing results by source, data date, subject, type of data breakdown.
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The Storytime Database is an index of material commonly used in a storytime in libraries, schools, or daycare settings. Users can create a unique list of material to make each story hour different from the one before.
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We have indexed over 35,000 poems (all forms), songs (lyrics and CD), rhymes (action, nursery, jump rope), and crafts from over 1,000 titles. In addition, we have added records for over 20,000 picture books.
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U.S. Political Stats is a data visualization and manipulation tool that aids student researchers in finding and understanding data on the three branches of U.S. Government: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.
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This powerful tool lets users compare different types of data to create datasets and visualizations that bring unique insight into the political process.
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Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.
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Women and Social Movements, International is a landmark collection of primary materials that includes close to 4,000 sources such as diaries, conference proceedings and more.
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WASM is useful for students and scholars of U.S women's history and U.S. history in general. It centers around the history of women and social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000.
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The site brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries and bibliographies that document women’s reform activities.
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Provided by OCLC, WorldCat is the world's largest network of library catalogs. Use this resource to find books and other materials in the Simmons Library or in other local, national and international libraries.
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If Simmons does not own a book or periodical title, use the libraries icon to determine which libraries in Massachusetts have it or request the item using Interlibrary Loan.
