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Full Text
Content? |
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brought
to you by
the Electronic Library for Minnesota |
"Academic Search
Premier contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with
full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975
or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable
references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search
Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education,
engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology,
sociology, etc." |
considerable |
Off-Campus
Access to Academic Search Premier |
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A "full text collection of every article published by ACM, including over 50 years of archives." This is the full-text companion to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Guide to Computing Literature, "a bibliographic collection from major publishers in computing with over 945,000 entries." Both can also be accessed via the ACM Portal. |
complete |
Off-Campus Access to the ACM Digital Library |
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Search and view the full
text of all American Chemical Society journals. |
yes; requires Adobe Acrobat |
Off-Campus
Access to American Chemical Society Journals |
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National Agricultural
Library's web gateway to AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access), bibliographic
database of citations to the agricultural literature. |
no |
Free Off-Campus
Access to AGRICOLA |
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Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 98,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present |
yes |
Off-Campus to the Bibliography of Native North Americans |
Note: Access to this database
is limited to only one user at a time. |
OvidSP User Guide (1+ MB) |
no |
Off-Campus
Access to Biological Abstracts |
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Includes US books in print, forthcoming
books, books out of print, publisher database, videos and words on
cassette. Includes reviews. |
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Off-Campus
Access to Books in Print - Patron View |
brought to you by
the Electronic Library for Minnesota
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"Business Source
Premier offers indexing and abstracts for the 350 most important
scholarly journals back to 1965 or the first published issue. This
database includes searchable references for more than 1,170 journals.
Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Premier
is the database for full text journals in all disciplines of business,
including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, econometrics
and economics." |
considerable |
Off-Campus
Access to Business Source Premier (Business Searching
Interface)
Off-Campus
Access to Business Source Premier (standard interface)
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Other than using the BSU Library Catalog for identifying U.S. government publications held by the A. C. Clark Library, this "finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online" is the resource to use for searching for publications produced by the U. S. Government Printing Office. |
links to may full text online publications |
Free Off-Campus to the Catalog of U. S. Government Publications |
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RIA's tax and accounting
research library, which includes "complete tax law, expert RIA
analysis, practitioner insights in WG&L treatises and journals,
tax-related news, cases, rulings and more." |
yes |
Off-Campus
Access to Checkpoint |
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"...provides
authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and
allied health. Virtually all English-language publications are indexed
along with the publications of the American Nurses Association and
the National League for Nursing."
OvidSP
User Guide (1+ MB) |
some |
Off-Campus
Access to CINAHL |
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"The CQ Researcher
covers a wide range of social, economic, political, and environmental
issues. Each report is divided into specific sections to guide research.
Students can go directly to the section they need or can read the
entire report." |
complete |
Off-Campus
Access to CQ Researcher |
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"CQ
Weekly reports on the world’s most
powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week. The
CQ news team—by far the largest on Capitol Hill, with more than
100 reporters, editors, and researchers—covers virtually every
act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan news and analysis unavailable
anywhere else." |
complete |
Off-Campus
Access to CQ Weekly |
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Off-Campus Access to Credo Reference |
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Select
any combination of these bibliographic databases to search simultaneously:
PsycINFO,
Sociological
Abstracts, Social
Services Abstracts, ERIC,
NCJRS:
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts, Physical
Education Index, and the Sage Full Text collections. |
Includes
PsycARTICLES
and where possible,
citations for articles from recent years link to full text articles
in ScienceDirect. |
Off-Campus
Access to CSA Social Sciences Databases
Alternate
Access to CSA Databases (1)
Alternate
Access to CSA Databases (2)
Alternate
Access to CSA Databases (3) |
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A list of
links to newspapers available at the A. C. Clark Library in hardcopy
and/or electronic format. |
considerable |
Off-Campus
Access to Current Newspaper Resources |
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Collection
of electronic journals to which library subscribes through Ebsco Information
Services. [view
EJS Quick Reference Guide for Patrons] |
considerable |
Off-Campus
Access to EBSCO Electronic Journals Service |
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"...comprehensive
coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals,
monographs and yearbooks." Includes indexing, abstracts, and
full text of articles cover to cover, from hundreds of education-related
journals. [view
Quick Tips for Searching WilsonWeb] |
considerable |
Off-Campus
Access to Education Full Text
via WilsonWeb |
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Allows a
user to determine if a specific periodical is available in electronic
format full text to BSU students, faculty, and staff, for what time
period it is available, and in which database it can found. |
no, but points
to full text periodicals in other databases |
Off-Campus
Access to Electronic Periodicals Available via BSU |
ERIC
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
The ERIC (Educational
Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department
of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature.
[view CSA fact
sheet of database]
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No, but where
possible, citations for articles from recent years link to full text
articles in other databases.
Also links to over 107,000 ERIC ED documents. |
Off-Campus
Access to ERIC |
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On main search page use the database pulldown menu and select "Interdisciplinary - Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW)" |
"...
a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of
the ethnic, minority and native press. A rich collection of articles,
editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provide a broad diversity of perspectives
and viewpoints -- the other sides of the stories." |
yes |
Off-Campus
Access to Ethnic News Watch
On main search page use the database pulldown menu and select "Interdisciplinary - Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW)" |
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Databases
currently included: Applied Science and Technology Index, Art Index,
Arts and Humanities Search, Biological and Agricultural Index, Dissertation
Abstracts Online, FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, General
Science Index, GEOBASE, Humanities Index, PAIS International, PapersFirst
Database, ProceedingsFirst Database, Social Science Abstracts, WorldCat. |
no |
authorized
students, faculty, and staff only |
Gale Databases
from the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM)
(formerly GaleGroup Infotrac)
|
The Gale
databases that are a part of the Electronic Library for Minnesota
(ELM) include several resources for elementary
and secondary school students as well as the Professional
Collection, Informe,
and two Spanish-language resources, Consulta
and Informe
Espaniol. |
for many articles |
Off-Campus
Access to Gale Databases |
GeoRef
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
"The GeoRef database, established by the American Geological Institute (AGI) in 1966, provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. GeoRef is the most comprehensive AGI database in the geosciences and continues to grow by more than 80,000 references a year. The database contains over 2.6 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses."
[view CSA fact sheet for database] |
No, but where possible, citations for articles from recent years link to full text articles in ScienceDirect. |
Off-Campus Access to GeoRef |
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"GreenFILE is a resource designed to help individuals and organizations interested in reducing the negative impact and increasing the positive impact they have on the environment.
"GreenFILE covers content going back more than 35 years.... The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for certain titles and searchable sited references for more than 200 titles as well." |
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"A bibliographic collection from major publishers in computing with over 945,000 entries." This online index is a companion to the ACM Digital Library, a "full text collection of every article published by ACM, including over 50 years of archives." Both can also be accessed via the ACM Portal. |
complete |
Off-Campus Access to the Guide to Computing Literature |
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Hoover's, Inc., delivers
comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives
business growth. Our database of 12 million companies, with in-depth
coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises, is at
the core of our business tools and services that customers find vital
to their business operations. |
yes, mostly company data
and reports |
Off-Campus
Access to Hoover's Pro |
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"The Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information provides free public access to full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature. Documents are primarily from 1994 forward and were produced by DOE....
The Information Bridge contains documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics of interest related to DOE's mission." |
many items |
Free Off-Campus Access to Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information |
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"Access the
most powerful Free-To-Search database of scientific, technical, medical,
and other scholarly content. Search through 20 million citations and
10 million abstracts from over 30,000 journals...." |
NO
The library does not acquire articles directly from Infotrieve;
however, via Interlibrary Loan BSU students, faculty & staff may
use the citation information to request the article. See the PALS
Information and Requests page to submit
an ILL request to the library. |
Off-Campus
Access to Infotrieve
ArticleFinder |
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"Access the
most powerful Free-To-Search database of scientific, technical, medical,
and other scholarly content...from over 30,000 journals." "Table
of Contents (TOC) is a database providing the display of tables of
contents of journals." |
NO
The library does not acquire articles directly from Infotrieve;
however, via Interlibrary Loan BSU students, faculty & staff may
use the citation information to request the articles. See the Interlibrary Loan Services page for information about how to submit an interlibrary loan request. |
Off-Campus
Access to Infotrieve
Table of Contents |
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More than 12 million article
citations from more than 26,000 multidisciplinary journals since Fall
1988 |
Full text links for many
articles.
The library does not purchase articles directly from Ingenta;
however, via Interlibrary Loan BSU students, faculty & staff may
use the citation information to request articles. See the Interlibrary Loan Services page for information about how to submit an interlibrary loan request. |
Off-Campus
Access to Ingenta |
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"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."
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"JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR." |
Off-Campus Access to JSTOR |
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"This flagship service provides full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, and legal publications, with a variety of flexible search options." |
yes |
Off-Campus
Access to LexisNexis Academic |
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"Explore government in action with the most comprehensive online resource available for Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research." |
yes |
Off-Campus Access to LexisNexis Congressional |
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"Enjoy
fast and easy access to statistics produced by federal agencies, states,
and intergovernmental organizations with advanced PowerTables functionality." |
yes |
Off-Campus
Access to LexisNexis Statistical |
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"...
a complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate
and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user. Rich
in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, the Literature
Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information
on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more."
This resource includes information from Contemporary Authors,
Contemporary Literary Criticism, the Dictionary of Literary
Biography series, and a substantial body of journal literature. |
considerable |
Off-Campus
Access to Literature Resource Center |
London Times - see The
Times, below |
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you by
the Electronic Library for Minnesota |
"Designed
specifically for public libraries and K-12 schools, MasterFILE
Premier contains full text for 2,053 periodicals covering general
reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural
issues and much more. This database also contains full text for more
than 350 reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source
documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
MasterFILE Premier now offers PDF backfiles (as far back as
1975) for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign
Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review,
Saturday Evening Post, etc." |
considerable |
Off-Campus
Access to MasterFile Premier |
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"The
Mathematical Reviews Database is the database of bibliographic information
and reviews created and maintained by the American Mathematical Society.
It continues the tradition and extends the scope of the work begun
by the paper publication Mathematical Reviews in 1940. Journals, conference
proceedings, and books of mathematics research are covered. |
No,
but where possible, citations for articles from recent years link
to full text articles in ScienceDirect. |
Off-Campus
Access to MathSciNet |
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"The
MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language
Association of America, consists of bibliographic records pertaining
to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore and includes coverage
from 1963 to the present. The MLA International Bibliography
provides access to scholarly research in nearly 4,000 journals and
series. It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings,
bibliographies, and other formats." |
no |
Off-Campus
Access to MLA Bibliography |
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"Identify stocks, mutual funds,
and ETFs that meet your needs... Delve into the data of a stock or
mutual fund you're researching... Input two or more stocks and/or
mutual funds to see how they work together as a portfolio...." |
yes |
Off-Campus
Access to Morningstar.com |
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"The Music Index Online, produced by Harmonie Park Press, is the single most comprehensive subject-author guide to music periodical literature... The Music Index Online coverage spans from 1975 to the present and contains surveyed data from over 800 music periodicals from over 40 countries, with English translations from 22 languages. Some backfile data from the period 1962-1975 is also included." |
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Off-Campus Access to the Music Index Online |
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Search for citations for articles published in the New York Times from 1851 - 1980. To search more recent years, use ProQuest Newsstand Complete |
None
Articles from 1851 - present are available on microfilm on the library's first floor.
ProQuest Newsstand Complete includes full text articles from 1980 - present |
Off Campus Access to New York Times Archive Search, 1851-1980 |
Open Access Journals |
Access free
online journals at the following sites: HighWire,
PubMed Central, Public
Library of Science, Directory of
Open Access Journals, FindArticles |
yes |
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"These
abstracts feature a wide variety of content, ranging from physical
education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Other coverage
includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized
fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching
and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and
physical therapy are also covered as they continue to become more
prevalent in our society."
[view
CSA fact sheet for database] |
No,
but where possible, citations for articles from recent years link
to full text articles in ScienceDirect. |
Off-Campus
Access to Physical Education Index |
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Pollution
Abstracts "combines information on scientific research and government
policies in a single resource" and "provides fast access
to the environmental information necessary to resolve day-to-day problems,
ensure ongoing compliance, and handle emergency situations more effectively."
[view
CSA fact sheet for database] |
No,
but where possible, citations for articles from recent years link
to full text articles in ScienceDirect. |
Off-Campus
Access to Pollution Abstracts |
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brought to you by
the Electronic Library for Minnesota |
"The Professional
Collection is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals
for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from
school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator
in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent
psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness;
learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology;
social sciences; and sports/athletic training." |
yes |
Off-Campus
Access to Professional Collection |
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brought to you by
the Electronic Library for Minnesota |
Includes over 350 state,
national, and international newspapers with more than 250 containing
full text articles. |
considerable |
Off-Campus
Access to ProQuest Newsstand Complete |
PsycINFO
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
"PsycINFO
provides access to international literature in psychology and related
disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and
respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched
with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology
such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology,
law, linguistics, and social work."
[view
CSA fact sheet for database]
Quick Reference Guide to PsychINFO on CSA Lumina |
Includes
PsycARTICLES
and where possible,
citations for articles from recent years link to full text articles
in ScienceDirect. |
Off-Campus
Access to PsycINFO
and
Off-Campus
Access to PsycArticles
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9 million citations in
MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE. Free and unrestricted access to NLM's digital
archive of life sciences journals available at PubMed
Central. |
no |
Off-Campus
Access to PubMed (MEDLINE) |
PubSCIENCE
In response to information
industry efforts, the Department of Energy discontinued as of
November 4, 2002. Try Infotrieve
ArticleFinder and Scirus
as alternative resources. |
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brought to you by
the Electronic Library for Minnesota |
"A supplemental
database for customers of Business
Source Premier. With daily updates, Regional Business News
provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications
(including titles from Crain Communications). Regional Business
News has full text for more than 60 sources." |
considerable |
Off-Campus
Access to Regional Business News |
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| "...discipline-specific research
databases of the most popular peer-reviewed journals...published
by SAGE Publications and participating societies."
The following databases are Sage Full-Text Collections
accessible to the students and faculty of BSU: |
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yes |
Off-Campus
Access to SAGE Full Text Collections |
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Contains all articles
in all editions of the Pioneer Press since 1988. "Complete
full-text content of local and regional news, including community
events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities,
local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid
advertisements are excluded." |
yes |
Off-Campus
Access to St. Paul Pioneer Press
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Emphasizes
scientific, technical, and medical information. "Using ScienceDirect
you can access over 1,200 peer reviewed academic journals, search
over 30 million abstracts from scientific articles and link out
to articles from over 80 other publishers."
As of January 2003 this resource
includes Academic Press titles formerly found in Academic IDEAL.
|
yes |
Off-Campus
Access to Science Direct
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"CSA
Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current
research focused on social work, human services, and related areas,
including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
The database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications
and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and
citations to book reviews."
[view CSA fact
sheet for database] |
No,
but where possible, citations for articles from recent years link
to full text articles in ScienceDirect. |
Off-Campus
Access to Social Services Abstracts |
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"CSA
Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature
in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral
sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and
citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 serials publications,
and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations,
and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and
nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles."
[view CSA
fact sheet for database] |
No,
but where possible, citations for articles from recent years link
to full text articles in ScienceDirect. |
Off-Campus
Access to Sociological Abstarcts |
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Contains all articles
in all editions of the Star-Tribune since 1986. |
yes |
Off-Campus
Access to Star-Tribune (Minneapolis) |
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Search or browse
all articles in all editions of The Times from 1985 to within
a few days of the current date. "Complete
full-text content of local and regional news, including community
events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities,
local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid
advertisements are excluded." |
Yes |
Off-Campus
Access to The Times (London)
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UnCoverWeb - see Ingenta,
above |
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