Footnote.com
Footnote.com is an online repository of original documents pertaining to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, and WWII; historical newspapers; naturalization papers; and more. It includes more than 4.5 million digitized pages from the holdings of the National Archives.
Footnote.com
Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medical and other healthcare databases, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. These databases summarize and interpret results of high-quality medical research and make available results of clinical trials.
Cochrane Library
Nursing Reference Center
Nursing Reference Center is a comprehensive reference database designed to provide clinical resources to nurses and other healthcare professionals at the point-of-care.
Nursing Reference Center
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Electronic Databases
The State Library and Archives' electronic databases are available on-site to the citizens of the State of Florida and/or remotely to State employees and elected officials. Please visit the State Library and Archives in the R.A. Gray Building at 500 S. Bronough Street or the Capitol Branch, Room 701 in the Capitol for on-site access. Enter your State Library of Florida library card for remote access. For further assistance please contact us at 850.245.6680 or 850.488.2812.
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the worlds leading journals and reference sources. 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. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Updated daily. Subject: Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, General Reference
Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 1,700 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, education, and more. Subject: General Reference, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences
Access NewspaperARCHIVE contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. It is a gateway to searching and reading historical newspapers online. Subject: General Reference, News, History & Maps, Genealogy & Biography
With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database, this collection of more than 400 titles is focused on agriculture and its related fields, from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. In addition, over 20 Delmar reference titles provide in-depth coverage on a variety of agriculture related topics. Subject: Science, Business & Economics
Ancestry-Library Edition is an enhanced library version of Ancestry.com’s genealogical database. Ancestry-Library Edition provides instant access to over one billion names, more than 3,000 databases, primary source documents, and a variety of genealogical research tools, with new databases added daily. Ancestry-Library Edition also includes the U.S. Federal Census Indexes, Images Online, and the Social Security Death Index. Subject: News, History & Maps, Genealogy & Biography
Animal Behavior Abstracts presents significant papers relevant to animal behavior, with subjects ranging from neurophysiology to behavioral ecology, from genetics to applied ethology. Subject: Science
ArticleFirst is an OCLC index of articles listed on the table of contents pages of journals. The database describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal in each record, and provides a list of libraries that have the journal title for most items. Subject: Arts & Humanities, Education, General Reference, Social Sciences
The ASFA series is the premier reference in the field of aquatic resources. Input to ASFA is provided by a growing international network of information centers monitoring over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations, and limited distribution literature. Subject: Science
Presents extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of more than 1,200 species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. Arranged taxonomically, entries include introductory information with an image of the species, a summary section detailing information on each species, a concluding summary of recovery efforts, and a bibliography of contacts for further information. Subject: Science
This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, this CSA database provides access to literature from over 6,000 serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs, and selected books and patents. Subject: Science
A comprehensive collection of articles on all aspects of biological science, including its history and issues. Includes articles on biology-related careers and important individuals, as well as topics from active transport to zoology research. Amply illustrated with full-color photos and line drawings. Glossary illuminates scientific terms. Subject: Science, Education
Biotechnology Research Abstracts encompasses a wide range of disciplines and provides access to international research on all aspects of biochemical, medical, and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering, medicine, agriculture, and environmental science. Subject: Science
Books & Authors provides new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors and topics. It is adapted from Gale's acclaimed What Do I Read Next? print series. Readers can use Books & Authors to enhance the experience of the book they are currently reading, digging deeper into its themes and origins, or learning how the author's life and times contributed to the work. Subject: General Reference
Business Index ASAP includes current information about business, late-breaking news, and event coverage on companies, industries, products, and executives. Covered subjects include banking, investment, companies, industries, and new technologies and products. Subject: Business & Economics
Business Source Elite includes full text for over 1,075 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and much more. Subject: Business & Economics
This collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, with more than 450 full-text journals to support their research and regular feeds of videos from Forbes.com that contain business news coverage and interviews with CEOs and entrepreneurs. Subject: Business & Economics
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) is comprised of a set of multi-disciplinary databases including life, medical, environmental, and aquatic sciences. These databases search over 7,000 journals going as far back as 1971. Subject: Science, Education
The Civil War digital collection contains nearly 500 significant documents of the time, including personal narratives, monographs, regimental histories, collected essays, sermons, songs, legal tracts, and political speeches. Subject: News, History & Maps
ClasePeriodica is an index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Clase indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. Periodica covers journals specializing in science and technology. Subject: Science, Arts & Humanities
The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medical and other healthcare databases, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. These databases summarize and interpret results of high-quality medical research and make available results of clinical trials. Subject: Health & Medicine, Science
Brings together nearly three million articles found in more than 250 journals on all aspects of the communications field. Meets the needs of researchers, including communications engineers, editors, information technology specialists, marketing professionals, and students aspiring to careers in communications. Subject: News, History & Maps
For public, academic, and special libraries serving information technologists, Computer Database provides today's most well read and influential periodicals on the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries. In one seamless search, researchers who need to keep pace with the fast changing world of high technology can scan the latest high-tech topics through industry status reports, company profiles, and more. Subject: General Reference
Conference Papers Index provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences, and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering, and materials science. Subject: Science
DemographicsNow is a comprehensive yet easy-to-use tool that provides highly sought after demographic data that allows prospective entrepreneurs, long-time business owners and students building marketing plans to collect, analyze and quickly act upon that data. Subject: Business & Economics
A comprehensive collection of online books and resources. Using NetLibrary, you can access a wide range of scholarly and reference materials entirely online. To check out eBooks from our collection, you must first create a user account. Once created, you can use your user account to log in from any computer with Internet access. Select the Subject: General Reference
Ecology Abstracts presents current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, focusing on how organisms of all kinds—microbes, plants, and animals—interact with their environments and with other organisms. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment. Subject: News, History & Maps, General Reference, Education, Government & Law, Science, Health & Medicine, Business & Economics
This database provides access to over 1,000 titles covering multiple levels of education from preschool to college and includes every educational specialty, i.e. adult learning, bilingual studies, child development, counseling and human development, instructional technology, mathematics, special education, testing, and many others. It also includes resources on issues related to administration, funding, and policy in education. Also includes a cross section of reports from the U.S. Department of Education cited in ERIC. Subject: Education
EIS provides detailed abstracts of the hundreds of environmental impact statements issued by the federal government each year. EIS extracts the key issues from complex government-released environmental impact statements. Each entry includes a description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates. Subject: Business & Economics, Education, Science, Government & Law, General Reference, News, History & Maps
Designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business. Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues. Subject: Government & Law, General Reference, Business & Economics
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision making, and research. This version of ERIC supports interlibrary loan for state agency employees. Subject: News, History & Maps, Health & Medicine, Science, Social Sciences, Government & Law, Education, General Reference
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision making, and research. Subject: Education
With more than 150 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Subject: Education, General Reference, Arts & Humanities
The Florida Electronic Library is a gateway to select Internet resources that offers access to comprehensive, accurate, and reliable information. Available resources include electronic magazines, newspapers, almanacs, encyclopedias, and books, providing information on topics such as current events, education, business, technology, and health issues. The Florida Electronic Library offers information for all age groups, including homework help for students and resources for teachers. Subject: Social Sciences, Science, Arts & Humanities, News, History & Maps, Health & Medicine, Business & Economics, Genealogy & Biography, General Reference, Education
The Florida Memory Project presents a selection of historical records that illustrate significant moments in Florida history, educational resources for students of all ages, and archival collections for historical research. It utilizes selected original records, photographs, and other materials from the collections of the State Library and Archives of Florida. Subject: General Reference, Genealogy & Biography, News, History & Maps, Government & Law, Education
Florida on Florida is a catalog of digital materials related to Florida. It offers all sorts of items including maps, photographs, postcards, books, and manuscripts. The materials in Florida on Florida come from digital collections held by libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies throughout Florida. Subject: News, History & Maps, Genealogy & Biography, General Reference, Government & Law, Education
Footnote.com is an online repository of original documents pertaining to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, and WWII; historical newspapers; naturalization papers; and more. It includes more than 4.5 million digitized pages from the holdings of the National Archives. Subject: News, History & Maps, General Reference, Genealogy & Biography, Education, Government & Law
Presents current, unbiased information on alternative and complementary medical practices, including reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic, Feldenkrais, polarity therapy, detoxification, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda, and osteopathy. Information on recommended therapies for specific disorders and diseases and medicinal uses for plants and herbs are balanced by conclusions of studies on efficacy and analysis of current levels of acceptance by traditional scientists and doctors. Subject: Health & Medicine
Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments, and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible to laypersons. Subject: Health & Medicine
Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience with an authoritative tone. Subject: Health & Medicine
Contains 8,000- to 12,000-word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; name, address, and contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section. Subject: Social Sciences
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias 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. Subject: Business & Economics, Science, Health & Medicine, General Reference, Social Sciences
Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their information appetites sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. This fertile and growing collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.
Subject: Science
Provides access to full-text journals, investment reports, directory listings, and newswire releases, as well as indexing of three national newspapers. Subject: News, History & Maps, Business & Economics
For researchers at all levels, instant access to approximately 25 million database records is now available in one resource of nearly 8,000 titles with more than 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present. Also included are 89 newswires from around the world; The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor; general interest magazines; refereed academic journals; business publications; technology periodicals; and specialty titles in law, health care, and computers. Subject: Business & Economics, General Reference, Science, News, History & Maps
General Reference Center Gold provides reference resources covering current events, business, and general information sources. It integrates a vast array of key business and general interest titles, including national news magazines, encyclopedias, and core business journals. Subject: General Reference
Genetics Abstracts gives readers the widest possible perspective of genetics as a whole, from microbes to plants to humans. The field of molecular genetics is emphasized, with important information on all aspects of DNA, differentiation and development, RNA, protein synthesis, ribosomes, nuclear proteins and chromatin, enzymes, and gene regulation. Subject: Health & Medicine
The GeoRef database provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. The database contains over three million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. The GeoRef database covers the geology of North America from 1669 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities are also covered. Subject: Science
GeoRef In Process contains unedited records that are still in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the main GeoRef database. Some of the records originate from older, non-English language literature, while other, more current records are simply not yet complete. This database is intended as a supplement to the main GeoRef database. Subject: Science
The GPO database covers all types of U.S. government documents, including congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. Subject: Government & Law
Health and Safety Science Abstracts provides a comprehensive, timely survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. Cited studies are geared to help individuals identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control risks and hazards across the spectrum of environmental and occupational situations. Health and Safety Science Abstracts synthesizes the most important new developments in safety science and human factors research. Subject: Health & Medicine
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. Subject: Health & Medicine
With more than 700 sources, this database provides access to the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health, and medical journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center including consumer health magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, topical overviews, reference books, and more. Subject: Health & Medicine
HeritageQuest provides research materials for tracing family history and American culture. HeritageQuest is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources, rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Subject: Genealogy & Biography
The New York Times (1851-2001) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Subject: News, History & Maps, Genealogy & Biography
This collection of more than 180 home improvement focused titles covers such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, and zoning requirements. It will meet the needs of hobbyists and professionals alike. Subject: Business & Economics
Human Genome Abstracts offers a comprehensive source for developments and promising applications emerging from international genome research, including the massive Human Genome Project. Subject: Health & Medicine
Humanities International Index is a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. Humanities International Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals and contains more than 2.47 million records. Subject: Arts & Humanities
Immunology Abstracts covers topics from cancer and vaccine research to immune deficiencies and autoimmunity. Immunology Abstracts monitors significant advances and brings together diverse research results. Studies relating to all aspects of immune systems in man and animals, in normal functions and disorders, are summarized. Subject: Science
LexisNexis News provides full-text access to hundreds of international, national, and Florida newspapers. Subject: News, History & Maps, General Reference
The Library Literature and Information Science database provides full text and indexing for English and foreign-language periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and library school theses, plus over 300 books per year. Subject: Social Sciences
LitFinder covers all time periods and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 126,500 full-text poems; 850,000 poem citations and excerpts; 5,000 full-text short stories; 2,800 full-text essays; 1,800 full-text speeches; and 1,000 full-text plays. Subject: Arts & Humanities
MasterFILE Elite provides full-text coverage for more than 1,050 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues, and much more. This database also contains full text for 52 reference books and an Image Collection of over 460,000 photos, maps, and flags. Subject: General Reference
Medline includes all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. Medline corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index, and includes thousands of records with substantial abstracts. Subject: Health & Medicine, Science
The New York Times database includes full-text coverage of the U.S. newspaper of record from 1980-present. Subject: General Reference, News, History & Maps
Including more than 1,000 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both nursing professionals already working in the field and students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum. Subject: Health & Medicine
Nursing Reference Center is a comprehensive reference database designed to provide clinical resources to nurses and other healthcare professionals at the point-of-care. Subject: Government & Law, Health & Medicine
OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources. It contains digital resources from open archive collections, representing multidisciplinary resources from more than 1,000 contributors worldwide. Subject: General Reference
This database focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology, and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. Subject: Science
OmniFile Full Text Select is a 100 percent full-text database providing full-text articles, with their accompanying indexing and abstracts, from the following Wilson periodical databases: Art Full Text, Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, Wilson Business Full Text. Subject: General Reference
PapersFirst is an OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. It covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received by the British Library Document Supply Centre. Subject: General Reference
Plant Science is a bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science, focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques, and environmental biology. Subject: Science
Pollution Abstracts combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource. Topics of growing concern are extensively covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues. Subject: Science
Popular Magazines includes 1,000 of the most searched magazines. All the titles were selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons. This database is 100 percent full-text and includes over 600 titles recommended by Bowker's Subject: General Reference
ProceedingsFirst is an OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. It covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received by the British Library Document Supply Centre. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Subject: General Reference
Proquest Congressional provides access to more than 25 years of congressional information, including facts and figures on almost any topic of current interest. It covers the full text of congressional working papers and bills, as well as the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, the U.S. Code, and the Congressional Record. Subject: Government & Law
This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions, and how the human mind develops over time. Subject: Health & Medicine
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950s. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. Subject: Science, Health & Medicine
ReferenceUSA contains detailed information about 12 million churches, associations, schools, physicians, government organizations, brand new businesses, and large corporations. The information comes from thousands of public sources, such as newspapers, legal filings, business journals, directories, and phone books from every U.S. city. ReferenceUSA also includes a database of residential listings. Subject: Business & Economics, General Reference
Regional Business News incorporates coverage of over 80 business journals, newspapers, and news wires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Subject: Business & Economics, News, History & Maps
Sanborn maps are large-scale plans containing data that can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban structures. This includes information such as the outline of each building; the size, shape, and construction materials; heights and function of structures; and location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Seven or eight different editions represent some areas. Browse maps by state, city, and date; view, download, and print the digital image of every map. Subject: News, History & Maps
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) provides access to a wealth of energy, science, and technology research and development (R&D) information from the Manhattan Project to the present. Subject: Science
This comprehensive database covers all major areas of starting, operating and maintaining a business from financing, management, marketing, accounting, taxes and more. Subject: Business & Economics
Includes more than 2,700 signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and, where appropriate, photographs and textual cross-references to related essays. Subject: Arts & Humanities, General Reference
Sustainability Science Abstracts explores all aspects of sustainable development, human population, and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management. Also covered are the topics of conservation of natural resources, ensuring the attainment and continued satisfaction of human needs in the present as well as maintaining the potential to meet the needs and aspirations of future generations. Subject: Science
With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry, including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more. Subject: Business & Economics, General Reference
Toxicology Abstracts covers issues from social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues. Subject: Health & Medicine, Science
TOXLINE offers rapid access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. This database, produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the core journal literature in toxicology. Subject: Science, Health & Medicine
Virology and AIDS Abstracts provides comprehensive coverage of the world literature on every aspect of virology in humans, animals, and plants with topics ranging from replication cycles to oncology. Subject: Science, Health & Medicine
Water Resources Abstracts provides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use, and management of water resources. Subject: General Reference, Science
Westlaw is a legal database that searches a wide variety of legal materials and journals. This database is available only to the Florida Legislature. Access to the Westlaw online legal research services requires a password in addition to the State Library card number. The State Library will issue one password to Westlaw for each member office and one for each committee. Please see the Chief of Staff or Committee Chair in your office for your Westlaw password. Subject: Government & Law
What Do I Read Next? includes over 134,300 recommended titles, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and award information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month. Subject: General Reference
A comprehensive guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, pioneers, and issues relating to topics in earth science. Its encyclopedic approach offers approximately 650 entries in a convenient A-Z format, cross-reference headings, and is written in easy to understand language. Subject: Science, General Reference
Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
