| Alt HealthWatch |
| Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. It offers libraries an immediate resource of full text articles, from 140 international, and often peer-reviewed, journals, reports, proceedings and association & consumer newsletters. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. (more info) |
| BPL SuperSearch |
| The Birmingham Public Library SuperSearch is a quick and easy to search many of BPL's electronic resources and online databases. (more info) |
| EBSCO MasterFILE Premier |
| Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 202,164 photos, maps and flags. (more info) |
| Expanded Academic ASAP |
| Full text of magazine and journal articles, citations for additional articles, and links to other relevant articles. Find articles by topic, relevance, or keyword. Features allow narrowing subjects with more specific subdivisions, limiting results by date or to a specific publication, broadening search to expanded subdivisions, or selecting only articles having full text. (more info) |
| FirstSearch |
| Worldwide library catalog identifies libraries that own items searched. Comprehensive reference service available only though libraries. Databases, links to the World Wide Web, over 10 million online full-text articles, full-image articles from over 4,000 electronic journals. Wide range of subject areas. Bibliographic and full-text databases, directories, almanacs and encyclopedias. (more info) |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module |
| Current reference material, full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from authoritative medical sources. Descriptions and links to Web sites. Medical encyclopedia, medical dictionary, directory of health organizations, and guides to prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and alternative medicines. (more info) |
| Health Source Plus |
| Consumer information on health topics in medical sciences, psychology, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports, medicine, health care law and general health. Full-text articles and citations from publications on general health, nutrition and profesprofessional health care. Includes content from Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition and Health Source: Consumer Edition. (more info) |
| MasterFILE Premier |
| Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 202,164 photos, maps and flags. (more info) |
| MedlinePlus |
| MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. (more info) |
| OCLC FirstSearch |
| Worldwide library catalog identifies libraries that own items searched. Comprehensive reference service available only though libraries. Databases, links to the World Wide Web, over 10 million online full-text articles, full-image articles from over 4,000 electronic journals. Wide range of subject areas. Bibliographic and full-text databases, directories, almanacs and encyclopedias. (more info) |
| Power Search (Thomson Gale) |
| A super-powered search engine featuring innovative cross-searching capabilities, users can access all the Thomson Gale content in the library's collection by exploring one, several or all available databases simultaneously. (more info) |
| Science Resource Center |
| Encyclopedia of subjects in science and technology, biographical information on people in the sciences, science news articles, and dictionary of scientific and technical terms. (more info) |
| SIRS Knowledge Source |
| Updated daily. Information on social issues, economics, business, politics, global issues, scientific developments, health, history, government, culture, the arts and humanities. Full-text articles, primary source documents and Internet resources. Search tips for new users. Browsable by specific topics. Layout similar to Yahoo. Great for school assignments. (more info) |
| Student Research Center |
| Provides students with the most appropriate research tools for easily obaining the information that they need from their EBSCO databases. Users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels. Audience: middle and high school. (more info) |
| SuperSearch |
| The Birmingham Public Library SuperSearch is a quick and easy to search many of BPL's electronic resources and online databases. (more info) |
