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Academic OneFile (Gale Cengage Learning)
Academic OneFile is an up-to-date and easy-to-use database for serious academic research. Home to nearly 13,000 indexed journals, Academic OneFile delivers quality content for students. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive... More info

AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Companies )
Online gateway to an unparalleled library of science and technology information. Updated daily, AccessScience delivers the latest content of the trusted McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yeabooks of Science & Technology, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, and high quality related information... More info

Australia/New Zealand Points of View Reference Centre™ (EBSCO) is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue... More Info

Biomes of the Earth (Facts on File)
Provides students with a broad understanding of Earth's biodiversity, the factors that influence it, and the future dangers that face the planet and our species... More info

Consumer Health Complete™ (EBSCO Publishing)
Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics... More info

Discovering Collection (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text and Indexing. Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. New to the database are popular topic pick lists and an integrated national and site curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards... More info

Echo Contemporary Issues (Echo Education Services)
Full Text. Echo: Contemporary Issues looks at media issues and produces outlines setting out arguments for and against, as well as background and further implications... More info

eLibrary Science (ProQuest Information and Learning Company)
Full text science specific titles and selected articles from non-science specific publications. 400+ science publications including reference books, magazines, journals, transcripts and audio/video... More info

Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. Contains a dynamic online library of current event topics: the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors... More info

Gale Science in Context (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. With Gale Science in Context (previously Science Resource Center), 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... More info

Genes and Disease Online (Facts on File eLearnng module)
Complete with appealing videos and informative text, Genes and Disease Online describes what scientists know and what they hope to learn in the near future about the mysteries of genetic disease....More info

Genetics and Evolution Online (Facts on File)
Learning Units in this essential online resource include forays into developmental biology, genetic engineering, and the future of the study of genetics.... More info

Global Exploration Online (Facts on File eLearnng module)
Details the wonders, anxieties, and achievements of explorers since the beginning of time with engaging text and videos, vivid photographs and illustrations, and detailed maps... More info

Global Issues in Context (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. Offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues... More info

Global Warming Online (Facts on File)
Covers all of the important climatic issues that need to be addressed in order to understand the problem of global warming. Learning Units cover everything from fossil fuels and pollution to changing ecosystems and climate systems.... More info

Green Technology (Facts on File)
Provides an in-depth look at the Earth's increasing environmental problems and the new and current methods for repairing and restoring the environment. From cleaning up the environment to renewable energy sources, green technologies focus on cleaning up the damage already inflicted on the planet, changing how we use natural resources, and developing new tools to conserve remaining resources... More info

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) (Gale Cengage Learning)
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) is a new online resource that offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more... More info

Grzimek's Animal Life (Gale Cengage Learning)
Grzimek's Animal Life, pronounced "Chimmix," is a resource based on the 17-volume Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia set, the most comprehensive reference on animals today. As an online resource, Grzimek's Animal Life offers in-depth information on more than 4,000 species. A host of engaging, web-friendly features, photos, audio and video clips, illustrations and maps, complements expert-selected encyclopedia and periodical content... More info

Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale Cengage Learning)
Full Text. Health and Wellness Resource Center is made up of hundreds of the best medical journals, pamphlets and reference materials available... More info

Health Reference Center (Facts on File)
Provides clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body... More info

JSTOR (JSTOR)
JSTOR is a database established to convert back issues of paper journals into electronic format in core fields. The JSTOR archive of digitised full text journals does not include current issues... More info

National Geographic Virtual Library (Gale Cengage)
his collection brings together a complete archive of National Geographic magazine - every page of every issue - along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos...More info

Physics in Action Online (Facts on File eLearnng module)
Explores the absorbing science of matter and energy, from the smallest particles that make up matter to the immense forces that move the continents....More info

Points of View Reference Center™ (EBSCO Publishing)
Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue... More info

RealTime Health™ (RealTime Health)
This online health resource offers hundreds of patient and carer stories on a range of conditions. These first-hand accounts cover the day to day challenges others have faced, and give insights into the coping strategies they have used... More info

RequestTV (RMIT Publishing)
RequestTV is a fully searchable and browsable program guide of all television content from the free-to-air networks... More info

SAGE (Science and Geography Education) (RMIT Publishing)
Index.Includes mostly Australian popular science journals in a broad range of subject areas including geography and environmental issues... More info

Science Online (Facts on File)
Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments... More info

SIRS Issues Researcher (ProQuest Information and Learning Company)
Offers the very best article selections from more than 1,600 sources-exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Articles and graphics are carefully selected according to strict SIRS criteria for content reliability, relevance, and age-appropriateness. Titles include: American History, The Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Affairs, Global Viewpoint, Maclean's, National Geographic, New Internationalist, Newsweek, Science News, and Time...More info

Science Reference Center™(EBSCO Publishing)
Science Reference Center™ is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content... More info

SportDiscus with Full-text (Ebsco Publishing)
This database covers sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for hundreds of journals indexed in SPORTDiscus. Of those, several hundred are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search, Health Source or Biomedical Reference Collection. The database covers sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education and much more...More info

The Human Body: How it Works Online (Facts on File eLearning module)
Investigates the systems and processes that have a role in keeping the human body working, from organ systems to cells, through engaging text and original videos and images...More info

The Plant World Online (Facts on File eLearning module)
Explores the most interesting aspects of plant biology, with a focus on the interrelationships between plants and humans, covering everything from forestry to photosynthesis,through engaging text, videos, and images...More info

Teen Health & Wellness (Rosen Publishing)
Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers provides students with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more... More info

Today's Science (Facts on File)
Bridges the gap between the science we hear about in daily news and the discoveries that push the boundaries of science today. Updated weekly with thousands of links to a 15-year backfile, Today's Science explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics and technology... More info