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Academic OneFile via Gale InfoTrac

A collection of indexed and full-text content from a variety of mainstream and specialized sources, updated daily.
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Academic Search FullTEXT Premier via EBSCOhost  Database of journals covering the arts, social sciences, humanities, multi-cultural studies, and education with many full-text articles. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
African American Song A database of 16,000 tracks of historical recordings from Document Records, including jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives. Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
Chicago Defender Historical via ProQuest Chicago Defender from 1905 to 1975 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers). Some articles include page images with photographs. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Classical Music Library Contains 50,000 tracks of MP3 files in a multi-label database of Classical music recordings, playable using Macromedia Flash. The interface features playlist and download capabilities. Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
Communications and Mass Media Complete Contains journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
CQ Historic Documents More than 2,500 primary sources covering current events around the world from 1972 to present. Click on title to access. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
CQ Researcher Full-text in-depth reports on social issues and current events. Click on title to access. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
CultureGrams Online Summary descriptions of the world's countries and peoples. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Digital Past (Northern Illinois) DigitalPast Project members of the North Suburban Library System and Prairie Area Library System include academic, public, school, and special libraries in north suburban Cook, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties.

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Encyclopaedia Judaica Provides articles on historic topics as well as extensive new treatments of contemporary Jewish life. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
FactsonFile: African American History & Culture Five hundred years of African-American history including biographies, primary sources, images, timelines, and maps and charts. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.

FactsonFile: Ancient & Medieval History Online

Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia from the early Hominids 3 to 5 million years ago through 1522 CE including subject entries, biographies, primary sources, images, maps and charts, and timelines. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
FactsonFile: Modern World History Online Civilizations and cultures of world history from prehistoric times through the modern era including biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timelines, all searchable by topic, era, and activity. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Grove Art Online Grove Art Online comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Grove Music Online Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
HarpWeek Harper's Weekly magazine illustrations, cartoons, news, literature, editorials, and ads from the Civil War Era, Reconstruction and Gilded Age I & II (1857-1889) in full text and indexed by subject.  Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
Humanities International Complete via EBSCOhost This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) as well as full text for more than 770 journals. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Original contributions by specialized philosophers around the Internet. Access is open. No ID needed.
LexisNexis Academic  Full-text newspaper and media coverage of issues and events in the arts. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Literature Resource Center Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline covering more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Military & Government Library Collection via EBSCOhost Full text for over 320 social and military issue related periodicals and general interest magazines. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Opposing Viewpoints via InfoTrac Full-text "pro" and "con" viewpoint book chapters, magazine, journal, and newspaper articles about current social issues. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Oxford African American Studies Center Over 7,500 articles from Oxford's authoritative reference program, including primary source documents, images, maps, charts and tables. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
OED - Oxford English Dictionary Authoritative definitions of over 500,000 English words, including the usage of words from their first recorded occurrence to the modern period. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Oxford Islamic Studies Islamic scholarship containing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines. Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
Periodical Abstracts via OCLC FirstSearch Abstracts and full-text journal articles in the humanities and social sciences. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Project MUSE Project MUSE is a collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, user-friendly online access to over 100 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
Saskia Art Images Collection 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including the entire collection of photographer C. William "Doc" Horrell and The Jack Bradley Photojournalism Collection. Access is open. No ID needed.
Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience A database detailing the African experience throughout the Americas. Includes timelines, images, and film clips Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
Smithsonian Global Sound A virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions, including African, Asian, folk, and Native American genres. Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy An archives of refereed articles on philosophy, updated quarterly by experts and groups of experts. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Women and Social Movements More than 28,000 pages of documents pertaining to the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
World Conflicts Today History, background, implications, timelines, and statistics regarding areas of conflict and dissention in the modern world. PowerPoint presentations are included for classroom use. Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.



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