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Online Resources - Magazines & Newspapers

Indexing for magazines and newspapers with many of the articles full-text. Coverage is from general interest magazines to scholarly journals with ages ranging from children to adult.

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Reference Databases

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Connect from computers outside Joplin Public Library Connect via computers inside Joplin Public Library Academic Search Elite (Ebscohost)
Multi-disciplinary database covering nearly every area of academic study with full-text coverage from over 2000 journals.
Connect from computers outside Joplin Public Library Connect via computers inside Joplin Public Library eLibrary News and Reference
Database of more than 2000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books and transcripts plus thousands of pictures, maps, web sites, and audio/video files.
  Connect via computers inside Joplin Public Library Facts on File World News Digest
Brings together content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1980 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. The service includes access to the Archives back to 1950. This database can only be accessed on computers in the Joplin Public Library.
Connect from computers outside Joplin Public Library Connect via computers inside Joplin Public Library MAS Ultra – School Edition (Ebscohost)
Full-text coverage of 500 magazines, 350 reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and images designed for high school libraries.
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Indexing with some full-text coverage for general interest magazines, newspapers, reference books, biographies and images.
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Indexing and full-text articles for newspapers including the Kansas City Star (1991-Current), St. Louis Post Dispatch (1988-Current), Springfield News-Leader (1999-Current), Washington Post (1977-Current), and the Christian Science Monitor. Database includes full-text coverage of 30 of the top magazines for News, Business, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Science, and Sports.
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Selected indexing and full-text coverage for 25 national and 260 regional U.S. newspapers. The database also contains full-text coverage of TV and radio news transcripts
Connect from computers outside Joplin Public Library Connect via computers inside Joplin Public Library Primary Search (Ebscohost)
Database of 70 popular magazines for elementary school research.