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Library Databases

Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975 - present
ASP provides comprehensive content, including PDF backfiles to 1975 for nearly 140 journals and searchable cited references for more than 1,000 titles. As a leading scholarly database, it provides access to acclaimed full-text journals, magazines, and other valuable resources.
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SocINDEX with Full Text
Coverage: 1895 to present
SocINDEX with Full Text offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. In addition to full-text journals, it contains informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. The database also provides data mined from priority coverage journals and selective coverage journals. Complete with extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers and other non-periodical content sources, the database also includes searchable cited references.
Online Tutorial Available Here
Middle Search Plus
Coverage: 1984 - present
Full-text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines and indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full-text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets as well as
JSTOR
Coverage: Varies
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Online Tutorial Available Here

Browse the complete A to Z Database List here: Go to A-Z List

Discovery @ Widener

If you can get to campus, consider searching our WebPAC | Library Catalog for books on your subject.

WebPAC | Library Catalog Search

Examples:
noir AND detective?, popular culture, wind willows Advanced Catalog Search

Not able to make it to campus?

You can use the ILLiad | InterLibrary Loan system to request pages/chapter(s) of books from our collection or even items that are not available in our collection. NOTE: Due to copyright restrictions, we are only able to scan/send 15-20% of any one title.

Login to Illiad > under New Request, choose Book Chapter > enter the book information, include page #'s or chapter info then submit request. We will scan sections of the requested text, or copy the table of contents for you to make a reasonable selection.

Not sure what sections of the book you need?

Most books in the catalog have a table of contents in the item record. If not, do a title search in Google books, you might find a preview of the book which can be used to read a portion online, but also gather details about specific page numbers & chapters for your request.

In Our Collection

The Wolfgram Memorial Library subscribes to three (3) eBook collections:

EBSCO eBook Academic Collection
EBSCO eBook Collection
ProQuest eBook Central

Each of these collections are interdisciplinary and contain thousands of eBooks.

To Get Started

If you’re using a laptop or desktop, you need Adobe Digital Editions a free program that is different than Adobe Reader.

A free Adobe ID is also required to transfer the eBook to another device, but not if you’re just reading it on the same computer.

Check out the online eBook Database Tutorials for further details.

eBook Academic Collection
Contains electronic books across many academic disciplines. Books may be "checked out" for a limited period of time.
Online Tutorial Available Here

Download for Android Here | Download for Apple IOS Here

NOTE: Desktop: Adobe® Digital Editions 1.7.1 or higher is required for offline viewing.
Apple and Android devices: Bluefire Reader is recommended
Kindle: PDFs can be created in the eBook Full Text view and transferred using Send To Kindle
EBSCO eBook Collection
Contains electronic books across many academic disciplines. Books may be "checked out" for a limited period of time.
Online Tutorial Available Here

Download for Android Here | Download for Apple IOS Here

NOTE: Desktop: Adobe® Digital Editions 1.7.1 or higher is required for offline viewing.
Apple and Android devices: Bluefire Reader is recommended
Kindle: PDFs can be created in the eBook Full Text view and transferred using Send To Kindle
ProQuest eBook Central
Contains electronic books across many academic disciplines with easy-to-use tools for taking notes and making citations. eBooks may be read online or be "checked out" for a limited period of time.
Online Tutorial Available Here

For use with Apple and Android devices: Bluefire Reader is recommended

Open Access Resources

Directory of Open Access Books
The academic books within the DOAB are available under an Open Access license and have been subjected to independent and external peer review prior to publication.

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