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Scholarly, multi-discipline database providing many full text articles for nearly all academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc.

Biography Resource Center
on campus | off campus

Biographies of people worldwide in many fields throughout history: artists, authors, business and government leaders, chefs, historical figures, politicians, popular entertainers, scientists, sports figures, and people currently in the news. Search for people based on nationality, ethnicity, occupation, gender, and birth or death year.

CountryWatch (Premium) (Charlotte, No. Miami, Providence Campuses)
on campus | off campus

192 countries are covered in a variety of timely reports and include:
• Country Review is updated once a year or as major events occur. From the sidebar, choose from 6 “Overviews” to select specific information including the examples below: COUNTRY (key data, maps), ECONOMIC (key sector data—tourism statistics), ENVIRONMENTAL, INVESTMENT (foreign investment climate, taxation), POLITICAL (biographies of leaders, history, human rights), SOCIAL (cultural etiquette do’s and taboos for business travelers, status of women, travel guide—checklist & tips).
• CountryWatch Data gives you 10 years of in-depth country statistics, where available. Scroll through the list of individual data items, or checkmark “Use Category Filters” to select from 5 groups of data: CULTURAL (education, life expectancy/disease, population demographics, religion, standard of living). ECONOMIC SECTOR DATA (crops, energy, forestry, manufacturing, meat, metals, services). ENVIRONMENTAL (greenhouse gases). MACROECONOMICS (employment, external debt, fiscal balance, GDP, money & inflation, sector employment, stock market, trade balance). PHYSICAL (country data, land characteristics). Statistical results for all 5 categories are displayed as tables which can be downloaded into an Excel spreadsheet.
• CountryWatch Map Gallery offers thematic and political/physical maps.
• Country Wire is updated daily as news stories become available from wire services across the globe and provides various cultural and political points of view.
• Intelligence Briefings are updated weekly to inform you of significant political events around the world.

Emerald Management Extra 110 (Charlotte and Providence Campuses)
on campus | off campus

Primarily, the full text of management-related articles in various fields including Accounting, Education, Healthcare, Hospitality, Human Resources and Professional Development, Library Services and Information Management, Marketing, Nutrition and Food Science.

Facts on File Reference Suite (Charlotte, No. Miami, Providence Campuses)
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Reports on controversial topics, current events, statistics, health, science, and controversial issues. Contains full-text news backfile to 1980, archive coverage from 1970-1979, and coverage of historic events going back to 1940.

FirstSearch (Dissertation Abstracts, ERIC, MEDLINE, and more)
(Providence Campus) on campus only

Primarily for graduate degree programs, it offers abstracts of journal articles which may be obtained through the University Library's Interlibrary Loan Services. Use the tab "List All Databases" to access a subscribed database from the list. Restricted to the Johnson & Wales University community, Providence. See a Reference Librarian for an authorization number and password to log onto FirstSearch.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
on campus | off campus

Over 25,000 entries cover a wide variety of subject areas. Country information and brief biographies of both historical and contemporary figures are available. A limited number of photos, diagrams, and charts are also included with selective topics such as math formulae, equations, and chemical compounds. To browse the complete list of 86 images that are available, simply check mark “Images Available” and click “Search.”

GreenFILE
on campus | off campus

Explore the human impact (the effects of individuals, corporations, and local/national governments) on the environment. What are the connections between agriculture, education, health, law, technology, and the environment? Topics include alternative fuel sources, global climate change, green building, pollution (air, soil, water), recycling, renewable energy (biofuels), sustainability, and more.

LexisNexis Academic
on campus | off campus

A news, business, and legal information service with full-text access to nearly 6,000 newspapers, magazines, journals, and reference sources. Includes access to law reviews, court opinions, and federal and state statutes.

MAS Ultra - School Edition
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Biographies, book reviews, articles from popular general interest magazines, and the full text of reference books (including Columbia Encyclopedia, CIA World Fact Book, World Almanac & Book of Facts), primary source documents, health and science-related pamphlets, and an image collection of photos, maps and flags.

Opposing Viewpoints
on campus | off campus

Current event topics and controversial social issues—the facts, as well as the arguments, are presented for each topic. "Viewpoint essays" and full-text magazine and newspaper articles provide up-to-date coverage of timely issues. Statistical tables, primary documents such as government publications, and photographs are available for many topics as support for a particular point of view.

Providence Journal-Bulletin Full-Text (Providence Campus)
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Full text articles from Rhode Island's leading newspaper.

Science Resource Center (Denver, No. Miami, Providence Campuses)
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Find journal articles covering scientific topics such as anatomy, biochemistry, biotechnology, carbon footprint, chemistry, climate, cloning, computer science, DNA, environmental sciences, extreme weather & catastrophic weather events, forensic sciences, genetic engineering, global warming, greenhouse gasses, human body, microbiology, natural disasters, physiology, plants (organisms), renewable energy (biofuels), sports sciences, stem cell research, and tsunamis. See “Science-Related Tools” for the “MegaConverter” with links to cooking conversions, currency and language converters, math conversions (fractions to decimals, finance interest rate payments), wine & spirits measures (beverage, bartending), and much more.

Wall Street Journal through ProQuest
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Selective, full-text newspaper articles are available from the world's leading financial newspaper. Updated daily, content covers companies, people, products, and geographic areas. Coverage is from 1984 to present; images are not available.

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