*List of all DISCUS database subscriptions in alphabetical order.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 
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Academic OneFile
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
Subject: Research
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

AccessScience
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Gateway to authoritative information in all major areas of science and technology. Headline news from Science News Magazine, Biographies of prominent scientists, Learning resources and study guides.
Subject: Research
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended


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Biography Resource Center + Marquis’ Who’s Who
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, or by keyword and full text.
Subject: Biography
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

Book Review Index Online Plus
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: A comprehensive online guide to book reviews that includes more than five million review citations from thousands of publications, with linking to more than 630,000 full-text reviews.
Subject: Literary
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

Books & Authors
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Numerous search criteria, genre lists, plot summaries, author information, award lists, etc… Book jacket images, book reviews from more than 30 sources. User-friendly tools that allow users to store reading and search lists and create reviews and ratings.
Subject: Literary
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Recommended

Business and Company Resource Center with PROMT and Newsletters
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
Subject: Business
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended


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Custom Newspapers
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Full-text articles from over 100 U.S. & international newspapers.
Subject: Newspapers
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended


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Educator's Reference Complete
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home.
Subject: Research
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Not Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

Expanded Academic ASAP
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
Subject: Research
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended


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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
Subject: Research
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

General Business File ASAP
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.
Subject: Business
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

General Reference Center
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Find articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers, many with full-text and images. Find articles on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
Subject: General
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Recommended

Grolier Online
Available at all library locations; requires a valid Spartanburg County Public Libraries library card, a username, and a password
Description: Includes seven encyclopedia databases with 117,760 encyclopedia articles, plus a wealth of additional resources available only in the online format.
Subject: General
Age Group: Adults - Not Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Recommended


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Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials.
Subject: Medical
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

Health Reference Center Academic
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center.
Subject: Medical
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

History Resource Center: U.S.
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series.
Subject: Research
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

History Resource Center: World
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: A comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.
Subject: Research
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended


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Infotrac OneFile
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
Subject: General
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Recommended


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Junior Edition K12
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Variety of 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.
Subject: General
Age Group: Adults - Not Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Recommended


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Kids Infobits
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Subject: General
Age Group: Adults - Not Recommended
  Teens - Not Recommended
  Children - Recommended


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LegalTrac®
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Students, law school faculty and legal researchers will all find the legal publications they need in LegalTrac®.
Subject: Legal
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

Literature Resource Center
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.
Subject: Literary
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended


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Newsbank
Available at all library locations; requires a valid Spartanburg County Public Libraries library card, a username, and a password to access outside library
Description: Includes the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, the Greenville News and The State newspapers. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community.
Subject: Newspapers
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Recommended

Nursing Resource Center
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Includes disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts.
Subject: Medical
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Not Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended


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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Available at all library locations
Description: A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
Subject: Research
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended


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Science Resource Center
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Contains thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations. The latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals.
Subject: Research
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

Scribner Writers Series
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series.
Subject: Literary
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

SIRS Discoverer
Available at all library locations; requires a valid Spartanburg County Public Libraries library card, a username, and a password
Description: Full-text articles covering a variety of topics for primary -- middle school age. Also includes pictures and links to carefully selected websites.
Subject: General
Age Group: Adults - Not Recommended
  Teens - Not Recommended
  Children - Recommended

SIRS Knowledge Source
Available at all library locations; requires a valid Spartanburg County Public Libraries library card, a username, and a password
Description: Full-text articles for middle school age & up. Includes SIRS Researcher for social & scientific topics; SIRS Renaissance for arts & humanities topics; SIRS Government Reporter for federal government topics; SKS WebSelect for links to carefully selected web sites on a variety of topics; and an interactive textbook, Interactive Citizenship: What Citizens Need to Know About Government.
Subject: General
Age Group: Adults - Not Recommended
  Teens - Not Recommended
  Children - Recommended

Small Business Resource Center
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
Subject: Business
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Not Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended

Student Edition
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Subject: General
Age Group: Adults - Not Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Recommended


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What Do I Read Next?
Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
Description: Helps users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more.
Subject: Literary
Age Group: Adults - Recommended
  Teens - Recommended
  Children - Not Recommended


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