U.S. and international articles on business and management. Coverage: 1971-Current. Ask at reference desk for assistance.

Business | Economics

Academic Search Complete is the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,100 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 10,100 journals and more than 10,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Full text PDF coverage, in some cases, goes back to 1887.

Art Education | Art History | Biochemistry | Biology | Business | Chemistry | Communication Media | Computer and Information Sciences | Economics | Education | Engineering | English | Environmental Studies | Family and Consumer Sciences | Geography | Graphic Design | Health Care | History | Languages | Law | Literature | Medicine | Multidisciplinary Resource | Music | Nursing | Photography | Physical Education | Physics | Political Science | Psychology | Social Work | Sociology | Women's Studies

Online version of McGraw-Hill Science Encyclopedia.

Biochemistry | Biology | Chemistry | Computer and Information Sciences | Education | Encylopedias | Engineering | Environmental Studies | Geography | Medicine | Physics

Is an extensive bibliographic database summarizing aging-related research and policy reports, articles, and books from many publishers and organizations.Coverage: 1978-Current; selective coverage from 1966-1977 available on certain topics.

Education | Family and Consumer Sciences | Psychology | Sociology

National Agriculture Library catalog search and articles citation index. Prepared by the National Agricultural Library indexes publications related to agriculture, animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Coverage: 16th century to now (focus on 1970-current).

Biology | Chemistry | Education | Environmental Studies | Family and Consumer Sciences | Geography | Government Information

Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change from 1991 to date. Ask reference desk for assistance.

Communication Media | Education | History | Political Science | Sociology

Index of journals (1969-1990) covering cultural, economic, political & social change. Ask reference desk for assistance.

Communication Media | Education

In-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.

Health Care | Nursing | Physical Education | Social Work

History of United States and Canada; indexes cover pre-history to present day. Coverage is from 1954 to date and includes over 490,000 abstracts to journal articles and over 6,000 citations to books and media reviews as well as citations to abstracts of related dissertations. Coverage is worldwide, but 90% of articles are published in English-language journals. All abstracts are in English.

Geography | History | Music | Women's Studies

Designed for doctors, research scientist, students and clinical specialists, this database provides full text for over 100 journals in a variety of areas pertaining to medical study.

Genetics | Health Care | Medicine | Nursing | Physical Education | Psychology | Sociology

Web-based bibliographic resource; search keyword, subject area, award, author in non-fiction; contains fiction and children's literature areas. Books, audio-books, video titles can be searched.

Education | Languages

Provides economic forecasts, reports and research for policymakers and businesses. Also has data profiles for county, state and country; business publications, and links to other resources and services. This center and its web page are part of West Virginia University

Business | Economics | Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia

Business topics and journals database.

Business | Economics | Law

The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications;the CPG provides direct links to those that are available online. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options.The catalog also offers an option to find a nearby Federal depository library that may have the publication.

Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Library Science

Is a source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. Most useful for faculty and librarians.

Education

Website containing information and back issues of previously print newspaper of higher education.

Business | Economics | Education | Literature | Newspapers

Provides indexing for 3,024 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937. CINAHL Plus with Full Text also contains searchable cited references for more than 1,160 journals and provides full text for hundreds of journals, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1937 are also included.

Biochemistry | Biology | Chemistry | Education | Health Care | Law | Medicine | Nursing | Psychology | Social Work | Sociology | Therapeutic Recreation

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Clase section indexes publications in the humanities; Periodica indexes publications (journals) in the sciences and technologyCoverage: 1975-current in Clase; 1978-Current in Periodica. Ask reference desk for assistance.

Art Education | Art History | Biochemistry | Business | Chemistry | Computer and Information Sciences | Economics | Education | Engineering | English | Environmental Studies | Family and Consumer Sciences | Geography | Graphic Design | History | Literature | Multidisciplinary Resource | Music | Photography | Social Work | Sociology | Women's Studies

A bibliography of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration and others, as part of an international effort to hand search the world's journals and create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews.

Biochemistry | Chemistry | Health Care | Medicine | Nursing

Full text articles as well as protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare. Data is evidence-based medicine and is often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings.

Biochemistry | Chemistry | Health Care | Medicine | Nursing

EBSCO's interface designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. CHC provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles by topic, popular source (usually a book), alphabetically, or by using the quick or advanced search options for the resources listed.

Family and Consumer Sciences | Health Care | Medicine | Nursing

Online versions of hard-copy military Area Handbooks for countries and geographic locations less well-known than others where the military might be sent, this particular collection contains 101 country profiles, indexed and searchable by country or region of the world.

Geography | Government Information | Government Information: International | Political Science

In-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.

Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Law | Multidisciplinary Resource | Political Science

Non-partisan reporting of whatever happens in Congress.

Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Political Science

covers sources (periodical and nonperiodical) published by more than 100 organizations around the world, focusing on topics of interest for women, including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more. Ask reference desk for assistance.

Family and Consumer Sciences | History | Law | Literature | Sociology | Women's Studies

Includes abstracts of published systematic reviews on the effects of health care from around the world;provides access to quality reviews in subjects for which a Cochrane review may not yet exist.

Biochemistry | Health Care | Medicine | Nursing

covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the US at accredited institutions since 1861. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. Ask reference desk for assistance.

Education | History | Languages | Literature | Medicine

Resource identifies issues about government making news headlines and web sources with additional information. Indexed by year and then by issue or even law or statute, further information is provided by clicking on a link. This resource is provided by the University of Michigan Library's Document Resource Center.

Business | Communication Media | Education | Government Information | Health Care | History | Law | Library Science | Multidisciplinary Resource | Newspapers | Political Science

Consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Anatomy | Biology | Education

Contains citations and abstracts to articles from economics journals, and subject indexing of books, dissertations, and working papers from 1969 to present. Ask reference desk for assistance.

Business | Economics

Non-government, non-academic website providing worldwide list of embassies and consulates; also provides maps, an international phone directory, and other resource links.

Government Information | Government Information: International | Political Science

Provides access to the online encyclopedia as well as Merriam-Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus,the Britannica Book of the Year, Britannica Blog, Britannica Daily, New York Times on the web, BBC News, and SBS (Special Broadcasting Service)World News.

Education | Encylopedias | Newspapers

This database is part of Gale Directory Library and makes available the current volume of the Encyclopedia of Associations' set on US associations (like 4-H). Search results provide general information about the organization; some facts include current leadership and membership, whether the group publishes literature and has conferences, and contact information (phone, web, and e-mail) if known.

Encylopedias | Multidisciplinary Resource

The Encyclopedia of Social Work contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work. Each article is fully cross-referenced and includes a select bibliography of primary sources and the most important scholarly works on a given subject. The 20th edition includes coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster. Comprehensive in coverage and international in scope, it is a valuable resource to social work practitioners, scholars, and students alike.

Encylopedias | Social Work

Teacher education, test, measurement, and evaluation.Coverage: 1866-Current.

Education | Music

Government version of ERIC database;some features only available with registration, but searching is free for anyone to use.

Education | Government Information

Academic site containing links to European Union governmental bodies, publications, and resources by topic, including government directories. This resource is provided by the University of California Berkley Library.

Education | Geography | Government Information | Government Information: International | History | Law | Political Science

Site for businesses and companies looking to export goods and services; provides links to tariff rates, international finance, regulations, logistics, trade analysis, and other resources. Some portions and information may be viewed by subscription only.

Business | Economics | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International | Law

Official site of the government's export credit agency; this resources provides information and tools for large and small businesses exporting US goods and services; some of these services include guidelines, official news, seminars, and several online links to international markets.

Business | Economics | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International

Fairly comprehensive academic guide to the federal government's resources: access to government documents and web sites; web sites, guides, and resources in related fields; and tips for government documents librarians. This resource is provided by the University of Michigan Library's Government Document Center.

Education | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | History | Law | Multidisciplinary Resource | Political Science

Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. FedStats has convenient searching and linking capablities to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more.

Economics | Education | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Multidisciplinary Resource

Search millions of articles from leading academic, industry and general interest publications. Site is mostly free, though some publications' availability may be subject to fees, subscriptions, or other methods of payment at searcher's expense.

Art Education | Art History | Biology | Business | Chemistry | Economics | Education | English | Health Care | History | Languages | Law | Library Science | Medicine | Multidisciplinary Resource | Physical Education | Physics | Political Science | Psychology | Social Work

Provides market and trade data, exporter assistance, and programs to aid in export of US agriculture products in global economy. The site is searchable by FAQ, topic, and audience and contains links to a newsletter, upcoming events, news, and an online coloring and activity book.

Business | Economics | Family and Consumer Sciences | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International | Political Science

Provides subject areas of interest to the general public about the federal government, access to a search engine for government documents, a finding aid for locating elected officials, and information on all levels of government. This resource is provided by Vanderbilt University (TN)'s library system.

Government Information | Government Information: Federal

Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Education | Encylopedias

Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.

Education | English | Literature

Full-text of certain print reference materials; currently works listed focus on history and social science. Titles in the reference library include the following: 24P:Make Your Digital Movies Look Like Hollywood,2005;Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History,2nd ed.,2006;Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration,2006;Encyclopedia of Human Development,2006;Encyclopedia of Leadership,2004;Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress:For Congress,the Nation and the World,2004;Experience XSI 4:The Official SOFTIMAGE/XSI 4 Guide to Character Creation,2004;New Dictionary of the History of Ideas,2005; and The Animator's Reference Book,2005.

Art Education | Communication Media | Computer and Information Sciences | Education | English | Graphic Design | History | Languages | Law | Psychology | Sociology | Women's Studies

contains citations and abstracts covering worldwide literature in journals on geography, geology, ecology, international development, and their related disciplines. Ask reference desk for assistance.

Education | Environmental Studies | Geography | Law | Political Science

Provides links to federal agencies' professional periodicals; it does not provide direct access, only a link and subject areas related to the periodical. All periodicals are listed alphabetically not by subject or agency. This resource is provided by the University of Louisville, KY.

Government Information | Government Information: Federal

Relatively small page of indexed information on the federal, state, local, and international government resources and sites provided by the University of Louisville, Kentucky. The page includes links to hot topics, United States census and economic information, and a periodical guide for federal government agency publications.

Government Information | Government Information: Federal

Provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.

Geography | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Multidisciplinary Resource | Political Science

Groliers Multimedia Encyclopedia provides information on a broad range of topics which the user can search by subject, featured topic or keyword through search options. Groliers also provides a live "newswire" from the Associated Press, links to dictionaries and an atlas,lesson plan ideas, and a kid-friendly version of their encyclopedia.

Communication Media | Education | Encylopedias | Geography | History | Law | Literature | Medicine | Multidisciplinary Resource | Music | Newspapers | Political Science

Collection of consumer health information that includes these health topics: medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.

Family and Consumer Sciences | Health Care | Medicine | Physical Education | Safety | Therapeutic Recreation

Contains scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

Anatomy | Biochemistry | Biology | Chemistry | Health Care | Law | Medicine | Nursing | Physical Education | Physics | Psychology | Social Work | Sociology | Therapeutic Recreation

Provides details of completed and ongoing health technology assessments (studies of medical, social, ethical and economic implications of healthcare); also provides research based on trials, questionnaires, and economic evaluations. The aim of the database is to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care.

Economics | Health Care | Medicine | Nursing

World history (excluding United States and Canada)indexed; indexes provide data from 1450 to present day (Historical Abstracts. Coverage: 1954 to date.

Education | Geography | History | Languages | Law | Music | Political Science | Women's Studies

The Homeland Security Digital Library provides access to documents related to policies,strategies, and organizational management in homeland security for every branch of government (federal, state, local and tribal). These documents are placed in four broad categories: the general collection, the restricted collection (to which a person must subscribe), a newsletters collection, and a collection concerning cyber infrastructure. This resource, while free, can only be used inside of Scarborough Library.

Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Political Science | Safety

Five journals within the IEEE Computer Society Digital Library are available online: IEEE Intelligent Systems, IEEE Multimedia, IEEE Pervasive Computing, IEEE Design & Test of Computers and IEEE Security & Privacy.

Communication Media | Computer and Information Sciences | Engineering | Graphic Design

Academic resource list indexing major subject areas and places of interest in the federal government; these resources (and the web site itself) are written (or translated) into Spanish. This resource is provided by St Mary's University, Texas.

Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Languages | Multidisciplinary Resource

According to their website, the ITA promotes US trade and investment internationally, sees trade laws are upheld, helps strengthen US companies' competitiveness, and provides resources and publications to that effect. The site is searchable by FAQ, subject, or department inside the ITA. Some resources may be available through subscription only. The site provides a banner link to export.gov.

Business | Economics | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International | Law | Political Science

JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines.

Art Education | Art History | Education | English | History | Languages | Law | Literature | Multidisciplinary Resource | Music | Political Science | Psychology | Sociology | Women's Studies

The West Virginia Library Commission has procured for all library patrons in West Virginia LearningExpressLibrary, a database which has practice tests for careers (PRAXIS I and II for teachers), military exams, citizenship tests and other skills from elementary to adult level. Learning Express) require a username and password patrons must get from the reference librarian.

Business | Economics | Education | Engineering | English | Government Information | Health Care | History | Law | Medicine | Multidisciplinary Resource | Nursing | Political Science | Psychology | Social Work | Sociology

This extensive site provides access to fully searchable online texts of national and some state regulations, codes, rules, court opinions, and other useful legal information for the general public.

Business | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International | Government Information: State | Law

Provides full-text documents from news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications including national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources; U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information; Shepard's® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789; Business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.

Business | Economics | Education | Government Information | Law | Multidisciplinary Resource | Political Science

Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

Computer and Information Sciences | Education | Library Science

Multidisciplinary database; content includes popular general reference publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines; provides full text pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

Art Education | Art History | Business | Communication Media | Dictionaries | Education | Genetics | Geography | Government Information | Health Care | History | Literature | Medicine | Multidisciplinary Resource | Newspapers | Photography | Political Science | Sociology | Women's Studies

Database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines (full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator), more than 350 reference books, an Image Collection including maps and flags, and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

Education | Photography

Medical research, clinical practice, policy issues. Coverage: 1997-Current.

Education | Health Care | Medicine | Nursing | Pre Clinical trials

Comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.

Business | Education | Psychology

Offers easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to an associated network of electronic resources.

Education | English | History | Languages | Literature

Major index for language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and drama, this database provides access to more than 1.5 million bibliographic citations to journal articles, books, and dissertations from 1963 to date. Also includes MLA thesaurus and MLA's Directory of Periodicals.

Education | English | Languages | Literature

Website that has national statistics for most countries of the world; comparisons by category or certain statistical data can be done between them; also provided are maps, flags, and profiles of countries.

Business | Economics | Education | Government Information | Government Information: International | Health Care | Law | Medicine | Political Science

A collection of e-books, covering multiple disciplines and subject areas is now available at Shepherd University. E-books are also available individually accessible through the online library catalog Max (keyword Netlibrary).

Multidisciplinary Resource

Provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers;also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

Newspapers

Assists decision-makers in health care by providing information on the costs and effects of drugs, treatments, and procedures. Economic evaluations - the cost-benefit analysis of two or more different medical treatments - from around the world are systematically identified, described and appraised for quality while their relative strengths and weaknesses are explored and highlighted. The database contains over 6,000 abstracts of quality-assessed economic evaluations and more than 21,000 total records.

Economics | Health Care | Medicine | Nursing

International organization that provides research, statistics, and analysis on topics of interest or necessity so that governments of member countries can be more involved in the global economy. The site has a list of member countries, statistics and other publications, an online bookshop. Most of their publications are only available via subscription, though the main area of the site is freely accessible. The site is also available in French.

Business | Computer and Information Sciences | Economics | Education | Environmental Studies | Family and Consumer Sciences | Government Information | Government Information: International | Health Care | Law | Political Science | Safety

Oxford English Dictionary contains the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

Dictionaries | English | Languages

Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002). Articles that have been updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen.

Dictionaries | Music

Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects; provides a list of the most current topics debated at the present time, links to articles on the topic, and useful assistance in writing a research paper on those topics.

Communication Media | Computer and Information Sciences | Economics | Education | Family and Consumer Sciences | Health Care | Medicine | Multidisciplinary Resource | Political Science | Social Work | Women's Studies

Selective links to authoritative, in-depth information about most of the countries and geographic locations of the world.

Geography | Government Information | Government Information: International | Political Science

Provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research.

Education

Provides full-text online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.

Art Education | Art History | Education | English | History | Languages | Literature | Multidisciplinary Resource | Music | Sociology | Women's Studies

Non-government, non-academic website containing links to worldwide passport and visa information. Search by region of the world, then by country using the map feature.

Government Information | Government Information: International

Provides free access to the most current two years of citations and abstracts in the Dissertation Abstracts database. UMI provides free 24-page previews (in PDF format) for dissertations published by UMI after 1997 this acts like a shareware site; if you want the rest of the dissertation for use (the citation is free), the searcher must pay; the library does not handle this cost.

Education

Definitive source from the American Psychological Association (APA),of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present.

Nursing | Psychology

Research database from the American Psychological Association (APA) contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages.

Nursing | Psychology

Simplifies the process of documenting sources in a research paper, dissertation, or other project requiring references. It helps create and manage collections of references, imports references from a number of online databases and to creates bibliographies that can be inserted into word processing documents.
The Shepherd University group code is: RWSU.

Education | Library Science

Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Business | Communication Media | Economics | Geography | Newspapers

International bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines in 202 languages, including original language titles; title translations in English; full bibliographic information; abstracts in English; and author, journal, and subject indexes. Includes all forms of scholarly works, including coverage of journal titles since 1969

Education | Music

Science. gov provides access to science websites, databases, journals, and science information from government agencies for the consumer, the student, and the researcher in most scientific fields. Indexed by major topic like Agriculture and Food, the site also has special collections and featured websites to explore.

Anatomy | Biochemistry | Biology | Chemistry | Computer and Information Sciences | Education | Engineering | Environmental Studies | Family and Consumer Sciences | Genetics | Geography | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Health Care | Medicine | Physics

Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials This database is for those who wish to purchase serial publications, not necessarily students looking for articles; think Books In Print for magazines, journals, newspapers and serial monographs (books).

Education | Library Science

Provides local and online help, forms, programs, and resources for American small businesses wishing to export their goods or services to the international market. The site is also available in Spanish.

Business | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International

Provides training seminars, information resources, forms, and advice for starting, maintaining and expanding small businesses in the tri-county area. Parts of the site can be translated into Spanish. This SBDC office is part of the state-wide SBDC program; this office is located in Martinsburg at Blue Ridge CTC.

Business

GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) provides daily trade and procurement leads from the federal government and from the United Nations;NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) offers access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research Reports, Best Market reports, the International Trade Library, and other programs. Call reference desk 876-5420 for appt.

Business | Economics | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International

Contains U.S. domestic, financial, and economic data from throughout the federal government and related entities including general economic indicators, housing and construction, employment, manufacturing and industry, monetary statistics, and economic policy. Call reference desk 876-5420 for appt.

Business | Economics | Geography | Government Information | Government Information: Federal

Launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include a full range of legislative materials: eg, bills, treaties, committee hearings and reports, and the Congressional Record.

Education | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International | History | Law | Library Science

Current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.

Business | Communication Media | Computer and Information Sciences | Economics | Education | Geography | History | Multidisciplinary Resource | Music | Newspapers | Political Science

Official website of the United Nations. Available in multiple languages, this site explains the history, goals, governance, and projects of the United Nations; it is searchable by broad topic area or more specific groupings. Contains publications, news, a member nations directory, and a list of current issues of international concern.

Business | Communication Media | Economics | Education | Geography | Government Information | Government Information: International | Languages | Law | Political Science | Social Work

Official website of an independent federal agency that has three main functions: maintaining the harmonized tariff schedules of the United States, providing industry and economic analysis for the benefit of law-makers and the executive branch, and investigating injury to US companies from illegal or unfair trade practices.

Business | Economics | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International | Law

Independent federal agency providing US companies with new markets and developing nations with money to fund economic progress. Site provides searching capability by topic and audience, links to programs and resources of the agency, model grant proposals, and a few banner links to other government resources. Some information on this site may be translated into other languages.

Business | Economics | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International

The official website for locating open positions in the federal government workforce. Search jobs, create a resume or profile, and receive tips on finding and obtaining a federal job.

Business | Government Information | Government Information: Federal

Subscription site for U.S. imports and exports data on more than 18,000 commodities worldwide. Data is searchable for specific products and custom reports can be created. Call reference desk 876-5420 for appt.

Business | Economics | Government Information | Government Information: Federal | Government Information: International

Provides investment research.

Business | Economics

Most well-known finance, busines, and economic newapaper online.

Business | Economics | Newspapers

Rules made by executive department and/pr executive agency. The online version is not considered the official one (print version is) but it can be searched by agency, subject, and rule.

Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia | Law

Emergency rules for the Code of State Rules posted online in reverse chronological order in PDF format. Emergency rules are listed by title and series then by agency. The emergency rules are time-sensitive.

Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia | Law

Provides information on and from the head executive of the state;there are links also to the governor's staff and cabinet on the page. Of particular interest are the Sago Mine Report, State of the State Address, and other reports and initiatives of the governor's office which concern teachers, the state in general, or other related issues.

Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia

Official website of WV State legislature. Provides links to House, Senate, bills, the State Code, the legislative newspaper, and information about the law-making branch of the state government.

Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia | Law

Executive rules and regulations up for public comment and review before publication and implementation in WV Code of State Rules.

Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia | Law

Online version of laws passed by the WV legislature current and effective through 2006's first extraordinary session. The WV Code can be searched by chapter or keyword.

Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia | Law

Provides overview of state judicial system (courts), legal reference sources, resources for students and teachers, the court calendar and docket, court opinions, forms, rules and other information concerning the state courts and their officers.

Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia | Law

Academic site provides links to agency statistics for agriculture, justice, demographics, education and more. This resource is provided by Bluefield State College (WV)

Business | Economics | Education | Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia | Law

State government resource provides indexed subject areas that link to state agencies, programs, and directories. Areas of interest include business, tourism, education, history and more. Be aware, not all links have been tested on this site, nor do some important state agencies link to the web portal yet.

Government Information | Government Information: West Virginia

Provides access to more than 45 million bibliographic records (books, manuscripts, musical scores, videotapes, etc.) representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century that has been cataloged by more than 6,000 OCLC member libraries.

Education | English | Library Science | Literature | Multidisciplinary Resource

Official website of the World Trade Organization. Provides access to news, documents, governing precepts, a list of member nations, resources for researchers, and publications concerning international trade and business. This resource is available in multiple languages.

Business | Economics | Education | Government Information | Government Information: International

This page and service provides access to EBSCOhost, Grolier, and LearningExpressLibrary. For LearningExpressLibrary the user will need to create a personal account to use the free service (please read the help guide). These databases are free to all libraries in the State of West Virgina. WV Info Depot is available through the West Virginia Library Commission.