Database Descriptions
AccessScience
This database contains over 7000 articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and over 115,000 definitions from the Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms. The Science & Technology in the News section features articles licensed from Science News. AccessScience also contains about 2000 biographies of important scientists with links to other relevant documents.
ADAM
ADAM Interactive Anatomy is a multimedia application for demonstrating and manipulating human anatomical concepts. ADAM provides anterior, posterior, and limited medial and lateral views.
ArticleFirst
ArticleFirst is an OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Subjects covered include business, humanities, popular culture, medicine, science, social sciences and technology. None of the articles indexed are available in full text.
Auto Repair Reference Center
Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. The information provided includes service bulletins and recalls; enhanced wiring diagrams; specifications and maintenance schedules.
BadgerCat
BadgerCat allows you to search for the books, magazines, CDs and DVDs owned by nearly 500 Wisconsin libraries. You can also search the Worldcat database which list millions of items owned by libraries thorughout the world.
Badgerlink
Badgerlink is a project of the State of Wisconsin . The site provides free access to magazines and journal articles, newspapers, TeachingBooks, web portals, directories and much more.
Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
BioMed Central
BioMed Central allows you to search over 130 peer reviewed journals. You do not have to register for the service and all articles are available free of charge.
CareNotes System
CareNotes documents provide information concerning all aspects of patients health and care. the documents are available in English and Spanish. Please contact a libary staff member to obtain the username and password.
COIN Career Library
The COIN Career Library offers a one-stop shop for students, counselors, teachers, and parents to locate career information. Please contact a libary staff member to obtain the SiteID and login.
Criminal Justice Periodical Index
Criminal Justice Periodical Index includes abstract and indexing for 240 U.S. and international criminal justice journals, with more than 80 available in full-text.
Ebsco
A collection of indexes and databases including CINAHL, MasterFILE Premier, Academic Search Elite, ERIC, Business Source Elite, MEDLINE, Middle Search Plus, & Primary Search. A brief description of each is provided when you log on to service. Badgerlink does provide technical support in Ebsco through the link above. They also have a help page with some troubleshooting steps.
Facts.com
This is a service Moraine Park purchased which gives patrons access to the Facts.com Reference Suite. This includes Issues & Controversies, Today's Science, and World Almanac. Just follow the "Take Me To" links at the bottom of the screen to get started. A very good jumping off point for finding background information on countries, controversial issues, and information on current science topics.
FirstSearch
OCLC's Online Database Service, large collection of databases to search.
Free Medical Journals.com
This site contains links to over 1400 medical journals.The articles are free but some may not be available for 6 months to a year after they were first published. Not all the publications are in English.
General BusinessFile ASAP
The General BusinessFile, produced by InfoTrac, can be used to locate articles on: Finance, Acquisitions & Mergers, International Trade, Money Management, New Technologies & Products, Local & Regional Business Trends, Investments and Banking.
Health Reference Center - Academic
The Health Reference Center - Academic, produced by InfoTrac, can be used to locate articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
Health and Wellness Reference Center
Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
HighWire Press
The main focus of the articles found via this site is science. The site contains links to over 700,000 free online full-text articles. Most of the articles are available 6 months to 2 years after they were first published.
Home Improvement Reference Center
This full text database can assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance, and remodeling projects. Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating are provided in high-quality PDF files. Additionally, thousands of articles from magazines and reference books provide tips and suggestions to supplement the step-by-step project instructions.
Micromedex Healthcare Series
Micromedex Healthcare Series includes unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine. Please contact a libary staff member to obtain the username and password.
National Trade Databank (STAT-USA)
Providing authoritative information from the Federal government for U.S. business, economic and trade communities. Especially useful for International Marketing Students. This is a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This database is accessible on The Moraine Park Campuses only.
NewsBank
NewsBank NewsFile Collection is a full-text news resource containing comprehensive coverage of current issues and events from over 500 US and Canadian newspapers, news sources and domestic and international newswires. More than 70,000 articles selected annually provide regional, national and international perspectives and in-depth coverage of the arts, and people and professions in the news.
Access is also available to the following two specialized databases through NewsBank: Business NewsFile, a full-text news resource focusing on business issues.
Global NewsFile, a full-text news resource focusing on international issues. A Getting Started Tutorial is available at the site for help on understanding the database screens and searching.
Nursing Reference Center
Nursing Reference Center delivers the most recent clinical evidence and knowledge on conditions and diseases via a nursing-specific graphical interface. Included are over 3,500 evidence-based lessons on procedures, diseases and conditions, legal cases and drugs.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
ProQuest Education Journals
ProQuest Education Journals gives users access to over 760 journals, including over 600 in full text. Topics covered include literature on primary, secondary, and higher education, special education, home schooling, adult education.
ProQuest Newsstand
ProQuest Newsstand provides full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of over 150 major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York Times and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires.
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source access to over 650 journals in full text. The database also includes Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries, and Best Practice Information Sheets from the Joanna Briggs Institute.
Reference USA
Reference USA contains information on over 113 milllion U.S. households and over 14 million U.S. businesses. Information on households includes name, address, median home value and median home income. Information on businesses includes such things as business name, executive title, business type, year established and sales volume.
SRDS
SRDS is a database of information that delivers accurate and up-to-date media information including ad rates, usage, statistics, audience profiles, direct marketing and online.
Serials Solutions (guide)
If you have a citation or a reference to a specific article you can use this database's Article Linker feature to locate the article in the Moraine Park collection. If the article is available online you will be linked directly to the article. If the article is not available online the database lets you know if any of the Moraine Park libraries has a paper copy of the article.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
The Small Engine Repair Reference Center is an online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. This comprehensive resource contains 410 reference books in full text with original photos and illustrations that guide the user through every job. The database offers assistance in providing routine maintenance, such as tune-ups and brake service, as well as extensive repairs involving engine and transmission disassembly. Also, the database allows users to select a type of product, specific brand, specific model/engine type, and specific area of that model/engine type.
WESTLAW Campus
YOU WILL NEED A PASSWORD TO ACCESS THIS FROM HOME OR SCHOOL!
The library has purchased a special Wisconsin plan from Westlaw for use by our library patrons. The databases included in this package cover areas such as case law, statutes and court rules, administrative law, filings, and texts and periodicals. Includes access to Wisconsin State Statutes.
WilsonWeb
Wilson OmniFile Full Text, contains full text of articles for over 1,750 publications including science, technology, legal, general, education topics.
World Book Online
In addition to searching the online version of World Book visitors to this site can search an online dictionary and link to full text articles from a variety of periodicals.
WorldCat
WorldCat allows users to search for books, CDs, DVDs and articles avaialble from over 10,000 libraries around the world.
