provides
access to these Electronic
Databases 
provides
access to these Electronic
Databases
 |
| Honolulu Advertiser in Library
Honolulu Advertiser from home Coverage by staff reporters on local events, from 1/1/1999 to the present |
| Search nearly everything at once! |  |
WebFeat - a single search interface which can be used for virtually all owned online resources. The typical use would be a user typing a word or phrase that describes a topic, and WebFeat will return matching citations from the various resources available. |
| Find your publication! |  | 360 Link - if you know the magazine's title and date of publication, this could be the fastest means to your information. 360 Link is NOT a search engine, instead it provides access to full-text articles from the databases based on the title and date of publication of magazines and newspapers. If you are looking for a print title within HSPLS, see our Holdings List |
| If
you are looking for information on | a specific subject: | This might be the database you should use. |
| General |  | MasterFILE Premier 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, it also includes 316 full text reference books, 88,000 biographies, 83,500 primary source documents, and an image collection of 107,000 photos, maps and flags. |
  | INFOTRAC CUSTOM 1000 JOURNALS Providing full text in general reference and academic publications, covering nearly every subject area of interest. | |
| Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. | |
 | 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.
Sources
include:
| |
 | Honolulu Advertiser in Library
(date range 1/1/1999 to present) Honolulu Advertiser from home Only those articles written by Honolulu Advertiser reporters. | |
 |
Ulrich's
Periodicals Directory
While not containing articles, this title directory is filled
with a quarter-million titles that range from scientific topics to
entertainment and business topics to hobbies, Ulrich's is an
extraordinary research tool for finding the journal, magazine,
newspaper and newsletter titles that have the information you want to
know. (Only
one user at a time.) Ulrich's Periodicals Directory In library Ulrich's Periodicals Directory From home | |
| Agriculture | | Agricola - contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 2.5 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture. Now a full text database. |
| Animals | | EBSCO Animals provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. |
| Anthropology | | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO |
| Automobiles |  | Auto Repair Reference Center contains complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, former publisher of Chilton information, and information from Delphi Integrated Service Solutions. The database contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954. Database content includes approximately 25,000 vehicles covered from 1954 to present; over 100,000 factory drawings and step-by-step photographs; over 65,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules; Labor Time Guide & Estimator; and Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance. |
 | ChiltonLibrary.com
represents the most authoritative automotive repair information
available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model
combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years,
plus additional coverage of specialty models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives
you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your
vehicle. | |
| Biography |  | Biography Resource Center - combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. It also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. |
| MAS Ultra - School Edition provides 88,000 biographies. | |
| MasterFILE Premier includes 88,000 biographies. | |
| Books |  in Library from home |
Global Books in Print ... the world’s largest Web-based bibliographic resource for professionals. Find what you’re looking for quickly and easily, using our unbiased, authoritative and comprehensive database of over 9 million book, audio book, and video titles. |
 | NoveList contains materials for all ages including picture books, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles and books for adult readers. Updated monthly, the database integrates information from a variety of sources. The Hennepin County Library is the main source of the enhanced subject access contained in the NoveList database. NoveList contains full-text reviews for adult, young adult, children's and easy fiction titles from several journals, including: Booklist, School Library Journal, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly. In addition to these reviews, there are annotations and summaries, and all of them are searchable! | |
 | NoveList K-8 contains materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles. Users can also browse hundreds of theme-oriented book lists for readers at all grade levels through Explore Fiction, and look for award-winning and recommended titles in Best Fiction. Many title records have direct links to Web sites with information about the author or with teacher resource materials. | |
| Business |  | 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. |
| Business
Source Premier provides full text for nearly 2,340
scholarly
business
journals, including full text for nearly 1,130 peer-reviewed business
publications.
Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This
database provides full text (PDF) for more than 300 of the top
scholarly
journals dating as far back as 1922. Additional sources
included
are over 1,400 country economic reports, 10,000 substantial company
profiles, 3,153 idustry reports and 528 market research reports. | |
 | Business Searching Interface Basic Search provides both the ability to keyword search and a "lookup" feature that lets you search within the Indexes and Authority Files. You can also go directly to screens that let you browse Company Profiles, Industry Reports, Country Reports and Market Research Reports. | |
 | Mergent
Online the
professional-strength research tool that tracks more companies in more
countries than any other database. Mergent Online delivers a
comprehensive suite of authoritative financial information with the
accuracy, timeliness and transparency required in today’s
marketplace: U.S. Company Data - An Internet-accessible subscription service covering 10,000 public companies and their SEC filings International Company Data - More companies from more countries than any other international database, with global searching across databases U.S. Annual Reports - Easy-to-access current and historical annual reports on 10,000 U.S. public companies, all in PDF image format that provides faster download and allows viewing the document International Annual Reports - Hard-to-get, timely annual reports on all companies in our International Company Data database, available in PDF image formats. (Outside the library, use the icon to the left for access) |
|
 | TableBase
(TBL)
is a
business database that specializes exclusively in providing tabular
data on companies, industries, products and demographics. It features
precise indexing, unambiguous table titles and links to full-text.
International in scope and covering more than 90 industries, TableBase
gives users unprecedented access to thousands of tables that are
absolutely indispensable to daily research including:
| |
 | ReferenceUSA
International
- Find in-depth company profiles on 3 million international companies,
including key executives and detailed financial information. Great for
research on large companies and their foreign parents and
subsidiaries.Selection criteria include: Business
name; Executive
name; Sales volume; Company assets; Number
of employees; Geography; and
more... Click on the icon to the left when in the library. Use the link in this column from outside the library. | |
| Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. | |
 | Testing & Education Reference Center - Search for colleges, distance (online) learning opportunities, programs for international students, and nursing schools. Search thousands of graduate, law, M.B.A., nursing, and distance learning (online) opportunities. Search career colleges, vocational schools, Information Technology programs, Executive Education programs, and private secondary schools. | |
| Computers | | Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for more than 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications. |
| Education | | ERIC , the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals. |
| Professional Development Collection , designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. | |
| Teacher Reference Center (TRC) is a free resource to anyone interested in teaching and education. This bibliographic database provides coverage on topics such as Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education | |
| Testing & Education Reference Center - Practice for college/graduate school admissions, exams to help you earn college credit, civil service/licensing exams, and military entrance exams, plus the G.E.D. | |
| Encyclopedias | | Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. | |
 For in library access, use the above link.
| World Book Online offers more than 25,000 encyclopedia articles that are carefully edited to suit the educational level of the users most likely to use them; 1,800 tables cover a huge range from facts about countries and other places, to important dates. World Book offers approximately 10,000 audio clips of bird songs, popular and classical music, national anthems, word pronunciations, and much more. The 500 maps in the online atlas cover the whole globe interactively, linking to each other, and directly to articles on continents, countries, states, provinces, cities and other places shown on the maps. | |
| Examinations & Testing | | Testing & Education Reference Center - Practice for college/graduate school admissions, exams to help you earn college credit, civil service/licensing exams, and military entrance exams, plus the G.E.D. |
| Genealogy |  | Ancestry
Library ProQuest has partnered
with MyFamily.com to create this database, one of the most important
genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage
of the U.S. and the U.K., including census, vital, church, court, and
immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and
other areas. This collection of more than 4,000 databases and 1.5
billion names is essential to having a complete genealogy collection
and its valuable content is a strong complement to HeritageQuest Online(only
in the library) |
 | HeritageQuestis the marriage of ProQuest's Genealogy & Local History Online, a collection of over 25,000 family and local histories, and content from HeritageQuest, the largest genealogical data, products, supplies and equipment provider to consumers and institutions in the United States. It is designed specifically for patrons in public libraries who are either just beginning their family research or who after years of work are still uncovering their past. (Outside the library, use the icon to the left for access) | |
| Government |  | Corruption Perceptions Index
The TI Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries in terms of
experts' perception of corruption. The scores reflect the
perceptions of people who are doing business in the country (both
locals and foreigners), or country analysts. (FREE database - not a
HSPLS
subscription) |
 | CQ
Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of
political
and
social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international
affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. CQ Researcher in Library CQ Researcher from Home | |
| CQ
Weekly is a complete source for expert
coverage of the
U.S.
Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee
activity,
and backroom maneuvering. CQ Weekly in Library CQ Weekly from Home | |
 | MarciveWeb DOCS – a catalog of U.S. Government Publications from July 1976 to one month prior to the Present. (only in the library) | |
| Military & Government Collection , designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. It provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles. | |
| Health |  | Health & Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health Module - Use this 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, herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only |
| Health Source - Consumer Edition You can search for information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. It features searchable full text for over 190 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 205 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. | |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. | |
| Alt HealthWatch This alternative health database provides full text for more than 140 publications in the collection, including full text for many peer-reviewed journals. It provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990. | |
| MEDLINEprovides
authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry,
veterinary
medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE
allows
users
to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals.
Includes
data through 10/23/03. | |
| MedicLatina is a Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. This unique database provides access to full text for nearly 125 periodicals, including over 50 peer-reviewed medical journals. | |
| History |   | American Indian History Online uses rare primary source documents and detailed encyclopedia entries to create a multi-faceted look at the American indigenous peoples. A full range of maps offers quick visual reference. Users can search by keyword or phrase and can browse by topic, by tribe, by culture area, and by time period. Biographies can be browsed by occupation, and primary sources by type. Offers thorough access to more than 15,000 years of Native American culture, history, and heritage. |
| Law | | Legal
Collection
Containing full text for more than 250 of the world's most respected,
scholarly law journals, this database is an authoritative source for
information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the
legal world. This database offers information centered on the
discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice,
international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor
&
human resource law, ethics, the environment, and much more.
Full
text contained in the database includes: American Criminal Law Review,
American
Journal of Criminal Law, California Law Review and many
more. |
 | LegalForms Provides a wide selection of state-specific legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language. | |
| Librarianship | | Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts,(LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s |
| Professional Development Collection , designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. | |
| Literature | | Literature Resource Center is a premier online reference solution for information on literary figures from all time periods, writing in genres such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, journalism and more. Current and comprehensive in biographical, bibliographical and critical content, work overviews and timeline events. |
| Military | | Military & Government Collection , designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. It provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles. |
 |
The Terrorism Knowledge Base brings together and masterfully integrates various types of information elements, divided into six main categories: Groups, Court Cases, Countries/Areas, Incidents, Leaders/Members and Information Resources. (FREE database - not a HSPLS subscription) | |
| Testing & Education Reference Center - Practice for military entrance exams, plus the G.E.D. | |
| Philosophy | | Religion and Philosophy Collection provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. It offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. |
| Psychology / Psychiatry | | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. |
| Religion | | Religion and Philosophy Collection provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. It offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. |
| Science |  | Science Online is a curriculum-oriented database that offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the sciences. The content is organized by subject area and by the National Science Education Standards. Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments. |
 | Science Resource Center, researching science topics has never been easier -- thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards. | |
| Student
Research | | Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost. |
 |
Kids Search (Gr. K-5) makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type—magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc. | |
 | Searchasaurus
provides a
large graphical interface to Primary
Search, Middle
Search Plus, EBSCO
Animals, Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Children's
Dictionary, an image collection, and Fun Facts. |
|
in Library
from Home | CultureGrams
concise,
reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 187 cultures of the
world. CultureGrams Kids and States Editions are written for
upper-elementary grades; the World Edition is written for junior high
and up. | |
| Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 150 popular, magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. | |
| MAS Ultra - School Edition is designed specifically for high school libraries, providing full text for over 500 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. It also provides nearly 550 full text pamphlets, 253 full text reference books, 88,000 biographies, 83,500 primary source documents, and an image collection of 107,000 photos, maps and flags. | |
 |
Student (Gr. 6-12) Research Center makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type—magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc. | |
| TOPICsearch This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. It contains full text for over 64,000 articles from more than 3,000 diverse sources, including more than 1,500 full text periodicals. | |
 | Directory of Open Access Journals
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 open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. | |
| Testing & Education Reference Center - Search for colleges, distance (online) learning opportunities, programs for international students, and nursing schools. Search thousands of graduate, law, M.B.A., nursing, and distance learning (online) opportunities. Search career colleges, vocational schools, Information Technology programs, Executive Education programs, and private secondary schools. | |
| Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. | |
| Fuente Academica is a unique collection of scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American, South American and Spanish publishers. This database provides full text coverage (including PDF) for more than 150 scholarly Spanish language journals. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide. | |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. | |
| MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals. Includes data through 10/23/03. | |
 | Ferguson's Career Guidance Center provides detailed and up-to-date profiles or more than 2,900 of the most popular jobs in 93 industries. It includes job and industry descriptions for the Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance and from the popular Career Opportunities series. Organized by industry, it covers careers and career resources, as well as career preparation information, including scholarships, academic programs, non-academic programs, web resources, and an employability skills checklist. Offers comprehensive career guidance through extensive job and industry profiles, career forecasting, and a monthly newsletter. | |
| Vocational & Career
Collection
is designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and research
needs.
The collection provides full text coverage for 400 trade and
industry-related periodicals including American Machinist, Contemporary
Longterm
Care, Modern Machine Shop, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store
News, Video Business, Reeves Journal, Hotel and Motel Management,
Restaurant Business, Advertising Age and many more. |
Please
note that effective
January 1, 2005, EBSCOhost will have new
minimum browser requirements:
