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2-1-1
First Call for Help Broward
Community information and referrals
for health and human service resources
in Broward County. Compiled from
The Community Resource Inventory,
a project of The Coordinating
Council of Broward, and other
resources from 2-1-1 First Call
For Help, a private non-profit
501(c)3 agency.
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ABI/Inform
Archive
Archive of full text and images
of historical business and management
journals from 1905-1985.
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ABI/Inform Dateline
Local and regional business news
of large corporations, privately
held companies, local start-ups
and other business information
not typically found in national
news sources. Coverage; 1985 -
current.
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ABI/Inform Global
Worldwide business journals including
Wall Street Journal and access
to 60,000+ companies and executive
profiles. Coverage: 1971 - current.
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ABI/Inform
Trade & Industry
Access to the latest industry
news, product and competitive
information, and marketing trends
from more than 750 business journals.
Coverage: 1971 - current.
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Accounting and Tax with Standards
In-depth coverage of accounting
policies, state and national tax
legislation, corporate taxation,
as well as related accounting
topics. Coverage: varies.
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African
American Experience
Comprehensive database of historical
and contemporary African American
biographies and culture. Includes
many online reference books, as
well as primary documents such
as photos and images, manuscripts
and letters. Audio clips of music
and interviews with former slaves
are also available .
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ArticleFirst
Index of articles from the contents
pages of 16,000+ journals.
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Background
Notes
Factual publications about countries
produced by the U.S. Dept. of
State
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Banking
Information Source
Banking industry publications
providing information about the
financial services industry, banking,
and industry trends. Coverage:
1971 - current.
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Ben's
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
U.S. Government web sites developed
for kids, including full text
of selected historic documents.
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Biography
Resource Center
Full-text database provides biographical
information on more than 22,000
people from throughout history,
around the world, and across all
disciplines and subject areas.
Search by name, or various criteria
such as birth and death year,
nationality, ethnicity, occupation
or gender. Most biographies have
an image of the subject.
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BookLetters
Both an online database and a
series of e-newsletters providing
information about new Broward
County Library titles added for
children, teens and adults in
all formats – books, CDs
and DVDs. More than 50 lists of
recommended titles are updated
every one to four weeks. Each
title includes a picture of the
cover and a brief description
of the work. Critical reviews
are available for many, but not
all titles.
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Business
Index ASAP
Late-breaking news and event coverage
on companies, industries, products
and executives. Coverage: 1980
- current. Updated: Daily.
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Broward
County Library Digital Collections
Digital images of treasures from
Broward County Library’s
special collections, including
the African American Research
Library & Cultural Center,
and the Bienes Center Museum of
the Modern Book at Main Library.
Coverage: Varies by collection;
new items added frequently.
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Career
and Technical Education
Database includes more than 500
journals focusing on vocational
and technical school curriculum
and careers. Coverage: 1971 -
current.
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CareerOverview
Non-commercial
website with relevant, reliable
and up-to-date career and job
information to help make better,
more informed career choices.
Coverage: Current – future
projections.
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Computer
Database
Indexing, abstracts and selected
full text guide to computer-related
product introductions, news and
reviews in areas such as hardware,
software, electronics, engineering,
communications and the application
of technology. Coverage: 1980
– current. Updated: weekly.
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Criminal
Justice Periodicals (CJPI)
Collection of U.S. and international
criminal justice journals for
professionals in law enforcement,
corrections administration, drug
enforcement, rehabilitation, family
law, and industrial security.
Coverage: 1981 - current.
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Diccionario
de la lengua española
El diccionario español
de la referencia de la lengua
publicó por la academia
real española.
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EducationAtlas.com
Links to education and test preparation
sites.
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Encyclopedia
Americana
Full text encyclopedia of more
than 45,000 entries on full range
of topics. Especially strong on
North American and international
coverage, including biographies
Also contains news briefs, dictionary,
thesaurus, maps, flags, fact boxes,
tables and links to web sites.
Best for students in grades 8
and up. Coverage: Links to news
articles start from 1998 –
current.
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ERIC
via Florida Electronic Library
Journal articles and reports in
education compiled by the U.S.
Department of Education.
Coverage: 1966 – current.
Updated: monthly.
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Expanded
Academic ASAP
Covers research needs across all
academic disciplines. Access scholarly
journals, news magazines, and
newspapers - many with full text
and images. Coverage: 1980 –
current.
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Fedforms
Official site to provide citizens
and businesses with a common access
point to federal Agency business
and citizen forms.
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Fedstats
Gateway to statistics from over
100 U.S. Federal agencies.
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Findlaw
Federal and state legal information
and forms.
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Ferguson's
Career Guidance Center
Detailed and up-to-date descriptions
of more than 2,800 of the most
popular jobs in 93 industries
to help you select, plan, and
advance your career.
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Florida
Choices Planner
Florida Dept. of Education database
for information on careers, Florida
public and private postsecondary
institutions, national institutions,
and financial aid. Users can make
career plans, develop resumes
and complete job search activities
online. Includes targeted resources
for adults, educators, parents
and students.
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Florida
Electronic Library
Gateway to select Internet resources
that offers access to comprehensive,
accurate, and reliable information
for all age groups. Includes many
databases, digital collections,
evaluated websites and a comprehensive
catalog of all of Florida's library
holdings.
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Gale
Virtual Reference Library
Online reference library of more
than 65 full text reference books.
Includes business plan handbooks,
specialized encyclopedias, directories,
and other books. Covers topics
related to business, education,
social sciences, sciences, humanities,
and more. Coverage: Varies by
title. 1995 - current.
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General
Reference Center Gold
General interest database integrates
newspapers, reference books, magazines,
and trade publications. Includes
full-text articles on current
events, popular culture, business
and industry trends, the arts
and sciences, sports, hobbies,
and more.
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General
OneFile
Library’s largest magazine database
containing more than 4,200 full
text titles. Coverage: 1980 –
current. Updated: Varies by title.
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GobiernoUSA.gov
El portal oficial del gobierno
de los Estados Unidos.
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GPO
Monthly Catalog
Produced by the U.S. Government
Printing Office, this database
covers all types of federal documents
from the three branches of government.
Coverage; 1976 - current. Updated:
Monthly.
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GPO
Access
Official online version of U.S.
legislative and regulatory information,
providing access to the U.S. Government's
most popular resources.
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Great
Web Sites for Kids - ALA
Educational and fun websites selected
by librarians. Sites are easy
to navigate, have clearly identified
authoring sources, and makes effective
use of the Internet to create
unique, interactive experiences.
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Health
and Wellness Resource Center
Medical, health, and wellness
information for the layperson
taken from several medical encyclopedias,
more than 400 medical journals,
22,200 general interest publications,
and hundreds of pamphlets. New
and updated material is added
quarterly; new periodical and
newspaper articles are added daily.
Coverage: 1980 – current.
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Health
Reference Center Academic
More than 1,000 full text nursing
and allied health journals plus
a variety of personal health information
sources from Health & Wellness
Resource Center are contained
in this academic-oriented database.
Coverage: 1980 – current.
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Hoover's
Company Records
Profiles of more than 40,000 companies,
600 industries, and 225,000 key
executives. Coverage: varies.
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Informe
- Interfaz Español
Una colección de revistas
hispánicas con textos completos.
Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología,
cultura, temas de actualidad y
otras materias. Cobertura: 1994
– corriente.
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Informe
- English Interface
A collection of Hispanic magazines
with full text. Covers business,
health, technology, culture, current
topics and other subjects. Coverage:
1994 – current.
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InfoTrac
Kids Edition
Designed for elementary school
students., Easy access to full-text
magazines, from publishers such
as Cobblestones and Scholastic
and Time, newspapers and reference
books for information on current
events, the arts, science, popular
culture, health, people, government,
history, sports and more. Contains
more than 100 titles. Coverage:
2004 – current.
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InfoTrac
Junior Edition
Designed for students in junior
high and middle school. Includes
indexed and full-text magazines,
newspapers and reference books
for information on current events,
the arts, science, popular culture,
health, people, government, history,
sports and more. Contains 330
titles, cross searchable with
E-Books. Coverage: 2004 –
current.
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InfoTrac
Student Edition
Designed for high-school students.
Access to a variety of indexed
and full-text magazines, newspapers,
podcasts, and reference books
for information on current events,
the arts, science, popular culture,
health, people, government, history,
sports and more. Contains more
than 1100 titles. Coverage: 2004
- current
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Junior
Reference Collection
Covers the subjects most frequently
studied by middle-school students
written at an appropriate reading
level. Cross-searchable database
contains reference titles, primary
sources and multi-media, the latter
including audio and video clips,
more than 1,000 flag, maps, and
seals, and more than 7,400 photographs.
Coverage: Varies by title.
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Lands
and People
Up-to-date information for students
in grades 4-12 about countries
and cultures throughout the world,
with photographs, maps and flags
for each. A special section called
Culture Cross allows students
to compare the land, people, economy,
history, or facts and figures
of any two continents, countries,
or states/provinces online at
the same time.
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Language
Learning Library
Language learning portal providing
instruction in Chinese, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese,
Russian and Spanish.
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LegalTrac
Citations, abstracts, and selected
full-text articles from more than
1,400 titles legal publications,
as well as selected law-related
articles from business and general-interest
publications. Coverage: 1980 -
current. Updated: Daily .
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LINCCweb
Online access to the library catalogs
and electronic databases of Florida’s
28 state-funded community colleges.
Use of the licensed databases
on LINCCweb is restricted to registered
community college library card
holders.
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Literature
Resource Center
Full-text biographies, bibliographies,
and critical analyses of more
than 20,000 authors from every
time period and literary discipline.
Also includes overviews of major
literary works, Web links, timelines,
and MLA International Bibliography.
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MEDLINE
via Florida Electronic Library
Produced the National Library
of Medicine, the database corresponds
to the print editions of Index
Medicus, Index to Dental Literature,
and International Nursing Index.
Includes thousands of records
with substantial abstracts. Coverage:
1965 - current. Updated: Daily.
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MedlinePlus
Contains links to Web resources
with health information on more
than 740 topics selected by the
National Library of Medicine,
a part of the National Institutes
of Health. Includes extensive
information about drugs, an illustrated
medical encyclopedia, interactive
patient tutorials, and the latest
health news. Coverage: Varies
by content on each web resource,
beginning 2002 – current.
Updated: Varies by web site from
every 30 days to annually.
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MedlinePlus
Información de Salud
Base de datos de la salud en español
de la biblioteca nacional de ESTADOS
UNIDOS de la medicina. Contiene
la información sobre drogas,
una enciclopedia médica
ilustrada, clases particulares
pacientes interactivas, y las
noticias más últimas
de la salud.
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Mi
Servicio de Biblioteca.org
de South East Florida Library
Information Network portal.
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Miami
Herald
Full-text of all stories, columns
and editorials appearing daily
in this major S. Florida newspaper.
Paid ads and photos are excluded.
Coverage: 1982 – current.
Updated: daily.
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Military
& Intelligence Database
Information from more than 500
journals on military and intelligence
topics. Also includes The Columbia
Electronic Encyclopedia and The
World Almanac and Book of Facts.
About 80% of articles are available
in full text. Coverage: Start
date varies by title. Index only:
1980 – current; Full Text:
2000 – current.
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MLA
International Bibliography
Citations and indexing for books
and articles published on modern
languages, literatures, folklore,
and linguistics. Provides links
to selected full text. Coverage:
1926 - current.
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My
Florida
Official web portal of the State
of Florida, providing access to
the web sites of all State of
Florida agencies.
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MyLibraryService.org
Access library holdings and selected
other resources from Martin County
to Miami-Dade County
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netLibrary
Collection of electronic books
(e-books) across all subject areas,
with strongest coverage in business,
history, health, sociology, literature,
and religion. Initial online viewing
period for any title is four hours,
with no limit to the number of
times you may view a title unless
others are waiting.
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NSU
- Alvin Sherman Library Electronic
Resources
Access to catalog holdings and
databases at the Sherman Library,
Research and Information Technology
Center of Nova Southeastern University.
A NSU Broward Patron Library Card
is needed to borrow materials
and use licensed databases available
to Broward residents.
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Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center
Information on today's hottest
social issues. Contains viewpoint
articles, topic overviews, full-text
magazine, academic journal, and
newspaper articles, primary source
documents, statistics, images
and podcasts, and links to Websites.
Includes Lexile reading levels
for periodicals and a state curriculum
standards search feature.
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OverDrive
Audio books and electronic books
(e-books) available in three formats.
Software required for downloading
is available free at the OverDrive
vendor website. Return of materials
is automatic at the end of the
21-day loan period.
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PapersFirst
Covers every published congress,
symposium, conference, exposition,
workshop and meeting received
by The British Library Document
Supply Centre, a part of the national
library of the United Kingdom.
Coverage: 1993- current. Updated:
Twice monthly.
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Pharmaceutical
News Index
Citations to pharmacological news,
research, and regulatory information.
for key U.S. and international
industry newsletters. Coverage:
varies.
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Phone
Directories on the Web
Web based versions of residential
and business phone directories
and some directories with toll-free,
e-mail, and reverse lookup.
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Proceedings
An index of worldwide conference
proceedings, containing a list
of the papers presented at each
meeting. Coverage: 1993 to present.
Updated: Twice a week.
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Professional
Collection
A custom collection of more than
300 full-text journals for educators.
Coverage: Varies by journal title
starting from 1979 – current.
Updated: Daily.
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ProQuest
Asian Business and Reference
Covers Asian business, financial
information and international
trade issues from key international
publications including Far Eastern
Economic Review, Asiaweek, and
many more. Coverage: 1971 - current.
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ProQuest
Biology Journals
Full-text access to more than
250 life-science journals on a
variety of biology-related topics.
Coverage; 1992 - current.
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ProQuest
Computing
Full-text access to almost 300
journals covering product reviews,
database design and management,
software, hardware, e-commerce,
Web site development, and technology
management. Coverage: 1998 - current.
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ProQuest
Education Journals
Full-text access to more than
600 education journals on primary,
secondary, and higher education,
as well as adult education, home
schooling and special education.
Coverage: 1991 - current.
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ProQuest
European Business
Find the latest European business
and financial information from
journals such as The Economist,
Fortune, European Business Journal,
and many more. Coverage: 1971
- current.
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ProQuest
Newsstand
Full text of 300+ U.S. and international
news sources, including New York
Times and Wall Street Journal.
Coverage: varies.
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ProQuest
Psychology Journals
Full-text coverage from 500 top
psychology and related publications,
this database meets the needs
of both students and mental-health
professionals. Coverage: varies.
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ProQuest
Religion
Information on religious doctrines
and philosophies, religious history
and archeology and current news.
Coverage: 1986 - current.
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ProQuest
Science Journals
Full text and images for the leading
journals in science and technology.
Coverage:1986 - current.
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ProQuest
Social Science Journals
Provides information on hundreds
of topics in the social sciences
from 500 + titles, with more than
280 available in full text. Coverage:
1994 - current.
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ProQuest
Telecommunications
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