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ACS Chemistry Journals Full-text of over 30 American Chemical Society journals.				Academic Search Premier Premier scholarly database offering information in nearly every area of academic study. Citations and full-text articles available.

Access Science Based on content from the Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition, this continuously updated science site includes videos, news, research updates, biographies and definitions.				Access World News Provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues.

America: History & Life Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.				American Physiological Society Legacy Journals (APS) Backfiles of the journals of the American Physiological Society. Content goes back to the first issue of each of the APS journals. These include American Journal of Physiology (1898-1997) and Journal of Applied Physiology (1948-1996).

ARTstor Digital library with over 400,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology with descriptive information as well as software tools to support research uses. Initial acquisition and first year access provided by a gift from Leroy and Mary Joyce [Baker] Pickett, class of 1962.				ATLA Religion Provides index citations on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues.

BioOne.1 Full-text of over 80 bioscience research journals as well as some abstracts.				Business Source Premier Comprehensive database including scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics such as accounting, economics, management, and marketing. Business Source Premier is provided in part by the Eberhart Library Resources Endowment Fund, a gift from Mrs. E. Kingman (Lola) Eberhart.

Classical Music Library Classical Music Library's growing collection of 50,000-plus tracks for listening and searching is supplemented by extensive reference materials. Classical Music Library includes recordings of music written from the earliest times to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.				Classical Scores Library Collection includes works spanning time periods from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Coverage of score types is comprehensive, with full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions.

Communication & Mass Media Complete Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.				CountryWatch Provides critical country-specific intelligence and data, including up-to-date news and information on the recognized countries of the world.

Des Moines Register Complete full-text content of local and regional news, available from 1999 to three days ago. Current issue of Des Moines Register with indexing back 7 days.				EBSCOhost Search multiple databases (together or separately) to access periodicals, newspapers and reference tools, including full-text and peer reviewed. Contains specialized databases for mass communication, health and education.

Encyclopedia Britannica More than 72,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects. Includes maps, timelines and years in review.				JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, II & III Collections include the complete back runs of 394 core journals in many disciplines, including economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. Includes a selection of titles in the fields of archaeology, arts, classics, cultural studies, ecology, literature, mathematics, and statistics.

LexisNexis Academic Comprehensive research database providing full-text access to various databases, including current news, business information, Hoover’s company records, company directories, federal and state laws, legal cases, medical and references.				Literature Resource Center Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Contains Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and MLA. Provided in part by the Garst Endowed Fund for Library Acquisitions, an estate gift from Stephen Garst, Simpson College trustee.

MLA International in scope, it is the premiere tool for researchers in the humanities, particularly in literature, language, and linguistics, providing more than 1.6 million bibliographic citations from 1963 to the present.				netlibrary ebooks Simpson College has access to some, but not all, of these books. A list of titles available to Simpson College is in the library catalog. When you find a title of interest, you may browse it for a brief period of time.
The New York Times (1851 - 2002)
New York Times Historical Indexing, including fulltext and images from 1851 through 2002. More current issues of the NYT are located via America's Newspapers.				Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Look up word meanings and word histories in the online version of this multi-volume encyclopedia from Oxford University Press.

Oxford Music Online Oxford Music Online includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Articles from specialist dictionaries such as The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.				Project MUSE Project MUSE - Basic College collection is a unique collaboration providing full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to 116 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.

PsycINFO/PsycARTICLES/PsycBOOKS From the APA, the source for applied psychology, developmental psychology, and personality. PsycINFO is an index, while PsycARTICLES and PsycBOOKS are full-text.				SPORTDiscus Offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines from journal and magazine articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings and more.
				Wall Street Journal (1982-current)
ValueLine Business and financial information on over 3000 major U.S. corporations.				Wall Street Journal Online full-text index of a leading financial newspaper. Contains articles from 1984 to yesterday.

Wiley InterScience Features over 1,000 journals, major reference works, online books, Current Protocols laboratory manuals, and databases as well as a suite of professional and management resources.				WorldCat For comprehensive searching, by author, title, or subject, for books or other materials in U.S. or world libraries, use this FirstSearch database.