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Comprehensive, multidisciplinary database where you can find credible, peer-reviewed articles and resources across a vast range of academic subjects.

Full-text of critical reviews written by leading scientists within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, Social Science and Economic disciplines.

A free distribution service and an open archive for scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. arXiv is a collaboratively funded, community-supported resource founded by Paul Ginsparg in 1991 and maintained and operated by Cornell University.

Full-text electronic books covering the disciplines art, biology, business, chemistry, communication, computer science, education, English, engineering, history, mathematics, music, pharmacy, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, sociology and theology.

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a community-curated list of open access journals and aims to be the starting point for all information searches for quality, peer-reviewed open access material. The DOAJ contains over 17,000 peer-reviewed, open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Open access journals from all countries and in all languages are included for indexing.
ProQuest Ebook Central contains ebooks from various publishers across a wide range of academic disciplines. Books can be read online in your web browser or can be checked out and downloaded for offline reading. Checking out and downloading a full book requires creating a ProQuest account and installing Adobe Digital Editions. A limited number of pages per book can be printed or downloaded in PDF form.

Full-text electronic books covering a broad range of academic disciplines. Books can be read online in your web browser or can be checked out and downloaded for offline reading. Checking out and downloading a book requires creating a My EBSCOhost account and installing Adobe Digital Editions.

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Films On Demand is a streaming video platform that provides access to documentaries, award-winning educational films, independent films, and helpful instructional videos. All videos are iPad, PC, Mac, Android, mobile, and interactive whiteboard friendly.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) is an online library of reference titles for multi-disciplinary research, including texts related to American and world history, biography, health, arts, business, travel, religion, and multicultural studies.
Journals @ OVID is a comprehensive database consisting of full-text articles and abstracts covering Biology, Clinical Medicine, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Nursing, Physical Sciences & Engineering.
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Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and physical research in a video format. These video-articles visualize experiments in life sciences laboratories. Xavier subscribes to the Basic Biology Collection which features three model organisms commonly used in life sciences research and also covers methodology to maintain them in the laboratory.

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JSTOR is a comprehensive database providing access to academic scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, ebooks from renowned scholarly publishers, that are DRM-free, and primary sources across four collections: Global Plants, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa.

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Kanopy provides access to a broad selection of streaming video titles for educational purposes, including documentaries, independent and foreign films, classics, and feature films. Kanopy's collection includes films from content providers such as New Day Films, PBS, the Criterion Channel, Kino Lorber, and Documentary Educational Resources.
The LSU AgCenter provides practical, useful, agriculture-related information from the LSU's College of Agriculture.

Alternative access to search MEDLINE provided by Ovid.

MEDLINE Complete provides information from the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, as well as coverage in the areas of allied health, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care, communication disorders, population biology, and reproductive biology. It is produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature.

NBCI provides comprehensive access to biomedical and genomic information.

NCBI provides access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.

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Provides access to tens of thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, dissertations, and other publications is available through the ProQuest collection of several databases.
This database allows you to search the core literature in the field of public health.
Use this database for general or multidisciplinary topics. It covers a broad range of academic subjects from arts, business, education, health, humanities, law, military, psychology, science & technology, to social sciences. Includes full text articles and ebooks.
This resource covers publications on the latest science and technology information for researchers of all levels.

Scopus is a citation and abstract database of peer-reviewed literature that can be used to determine the impact of specific authors, articles/documents, and journals. It contains records in the areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, and humanities. With comprehensive content coverage, high-quality data, and precise search and analytical tools, Scopus gives researchers, librarians, research managers, and R&D professionals the insights to drive better decisions, actions, and outcomes.

This database provides wide-ranging content, including full-text records covering essential areas related to shock and vibration. Topics include noise, vibration technologies, seismology, experimental mechanics, engineering, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline of shock and vibration.

Searchable journals, books, eReferences and protocols.  Subjects included are architecture, design, behavioral science, biomedical and life sciences, business,  economics, chemistry, materials science, computer science, earth and environmental science, engineering, humanities, social sciences, law, mathematics, statistics, medicine, physics, astronomy and applied computing.
Access to e-journals published by Taylor and Francis. Consisting of over 4,812,000 articles, Taylor and Francis Online allows users to search and explore the millions of quality, peer-reviewed journal articles publshed under the Taylor & Francis and Routledge imprints.

Visible Body Web Suite is a 3D human body reference and study tool. It includes 3D models, animations, diagnostic imaging, and learning modules. Create a free account to get started.

VisualDx aids in the identification of dermatologic, infectious, genetic, metabolic, nutritional and occupational diseases, benign and malignant growths, drug-induced conditions, and other injuries. It allows physicians to search by diagnosis, build a patient-specific differential, or look up drug-induced adverse reactions by medication.

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