Pontious Learning Resource Center

Databases: General Resource

Unless otherwise indicated, type the first nine digits of the Warner Southern College barcode number and press ENTER to access password protected sites.

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Onlinenewspapers
Description: A listing of over 4,100 worldwide newspapers’ web links posted by Web Wombat, an Australian based search engine. Users can search the U.S. Newspapers by state or by an alphabetical list of titles, and search the world newspapers by an alphabetical list of countries.
Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac)
Description: Contains over 24 million articles from a wide variety of newspapers searchable by title, headline, date, author,section or other assigned fields. Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
EBSCO
Description: "EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries." Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
A to Z (EBSCO)
Description: EBSCO's A to Z is a web-based serial finding tool whereby patrons can find journal titles in the library's aggregated databases in the following three ways - by browsing an alphabetical list of titles, by browsing a subject list, or searching by title name, publisher, or ISSN. The list contains links to available database providers and journal hosting sites such as EBSCOhost, ProQuest, etc. Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
EBSCO - Book Index with Reviews (BIR)
Description: A comprehensive database that provides information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print, books on tape, etc. Fiction and non-fiction titles for juvenile and adult audiences are included in the database, in all genres. The product contains over 800,000 full-text searchable reviews from the sources that you trust: Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CHOICE, and others. Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
eLibrary
Description: This database covers a broad range of academic disciplines and general topics. The database provides full-text records for all items. It includes over 500 full-text periodicals along with a selection of newspaper articles, transcripts, books, maps and pictures. Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Encyclopedia Americana
Description: A standard in school, academic, and public libraries, Encyclopedia Americana (EA) provides students with a wealth of information to assist with classwork, homework, and research projects.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Description: Encyclopædia Britannica Online contains the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. Provides an Internet Directory with over "130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors." Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)
Description: This database covers a broad range of academic disciplines. The database provides bibliographic records for articles found in more than 1500 scholarly and general interest journals. It includes full-text coverage for more than 800 titles. Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
FLORIDA CAT - All of Florida's Libraries in One Place
Directions for Use: 1. Click the link above for access. 2. Scroll down the page 3. Click the "Guest Access to FloridaCat" button. 4. Search by keyword for books in Florida libraries
Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
Description: Infomine is an enormous virtual library built by over 30 librarians to present university level Internet/web resources. Areas covered include: databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, and articles & directories of researchers. Users are provided the option of multiple database searching in the following topics: Biological, Agricultural, & Medical Sciences; Government Information; Instructional Resources for K-12 and University Level; Maps; Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing, & Math; Social Sciences and Humanities (i.e. Reference, Business, Literature, etc.); Visual & Performing Arts.
LexisNexis™ Academic
Description: This database focuses primarily on news, government and business. The full-text of the New York Times is available from 1980 to the present. Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection
Description: The Oxford Refence Premium Collection enhances the 100+ books in the Core Collection with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. This means an additional 140,000 entries, including 50,000 longer, in-depth, signed entries with bibliographies. Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Research Library (ProQuest)
Description: This database covers a broad range of academic disciplines. It includes abstracts and indexing to more than 1800 periodicals and full-text coverage for more than 500 titles. Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Student Resource Center - Gold (InfoTrac)
Description: A fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 1,000 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Includes Student Resource Center-Health Module. Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
WebLuis (Library User Information Service, State University System of Florida)
Description: This website has links to: the State University System Union Catalog, other electronics services, other library catalogs, and other library home pages.
Xreferplus
Description: "Xreferplus is a giant online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of reference books from a total of 169. Xreferplus includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, not to mention a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law." Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number