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  • Associates Programs Source Plus — From EBSCOHost,  this database  (also referred to as Vocational Studies Premier) is designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, and provides comprehensive coverage of the most relevant associates program level content.  The database covers subjects as wide-ranging as: alcohol & drug abuse counseling, audiology, biotechnology, computer & data processing, CAD, cosmetology, electrical technology, fashion design, forensics, graphic arts, health information technology, interior design, law enforcement & criminal justice, paralegal studies, robotics, travel & tourism, veterinary assisting, and dozens more.
  • Business Source Premier —

    (via EbscoHost) Provides full text for nearly 8,200 serials; provides full text back to 1965 and searchable cited references back as far as 1998.

  • Company Information Websites —
  • Credo Reference — General reference source, aggregating content of major subjects from the "best publishers of reference."
  • EDGAR — (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system) Access to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's database of information filed by companies that are required to do so by federal law (Public companies). SEC requires public companies to disclose meaningful financial and other information to the public so that potential investors can make informed decisions.
  • EbscoHost — A gateway to Academic Search Premier and Masterfile Premier, two databases that provide magazine and scholarly journal article access on a wide range of topics. Includes many other databases.
  • Films on Demand — Collection by Films Media Group (FMG) of online educational videos. These films are viewed through streaming video and can be linked by faculty into online classes.
  • New Database Gale Directory Library — Gale Directory Library searches several Gale directories, encyclopedias and other databases.
  • New Database Gale Legal Forms — Looking to sell your home by owner, set up a living will, change your name or become a real estate mogul? Find the information and forms you need at Gale Legal Forms.Off-campus users' link to Gale Legal Forms. You may need to enter your library card number & PIN.
  • Gale Reference (GVRL) — All of your favorite reference books online. Search within one reference title, across several reference titles, or even across several other Gale databases.  Note: GVRL may perform better with Firefox browser rather than Internet Explorer.
  • Global Issues in Context — Perspectives on International news and events.
  • Global Road Warrior — Created by World Trade Press, this database provides statistics on countries around the world: demographics, banking, culture, climate, images, transportation, health, maps, travel, embassies, etc.
  • Government Documents — University of South Florida's gateway to Federal and some state government documents.
  • New Database HeinOnline — HeinOnline is a leader in providing information for legal research. It includes the Code of Federal Regulations, English Reports, and the European Center for Minority Issues. To enter HeinOnline from their home page, click on "Subscribers click here to enter" and accept their user agreement.
  • New Database Hoovers Online — Hoover's offers proprietary business information and delivers comprehensive insight and analysis about the companies, industries and people that drive the economy, along with tools to find and connect to businesses.
  • Investor Words — Glossary of investing & accounting terms.
  • JSTOR — Provides  full-text to scholarly journals in administration, African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, law, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population, psychology, public policy, sociology, statistics,  US and International Music research and theory, and more... Current issues are not included.
  • New Database Key Business Ratios (D & B) — Key Business Ratios, from Dun & Bradstreet, provide business solvency, efficiency, and profitability for all SIC businesses.
  • Lexis-Nexis — Lexis Nexis has full-text and abstracts of news, business, and legal information. Great source for regional, national, and international newspaper coverage.
  • MasterFILE Premier — (via EbscoHost) Multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 2,000 general reference publications dating as far back as 1975. Also includes more than 360 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
  • Mobile Search to Academic Search Premier & Other Ebsco Databases — Ebsco databases formatted for your mobile phone, iTouch, iPhone, BlackBerry, Dell Axiom, Palm 750 and other devices. Your database choices include our nursing, business, and history databases, Agricola and GeoRef. Javascript must be enabled on your device (BlackBerry users see Enable Javascript on BlackBerry.)
  • NACo — National Association of Counties provides governance, ordinances, news, isuues, and other county organizational and demographic information. Also provides a "Find a County" feature.
  • New Database Proquest Central — An interdisciplinary database by Proquest; includes JBI (nursing evidence-based journals) and agricultural journals.
  • New Database Reader's Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 — Wilson's Reader's Guide Index provides article citations written between 1890-1982. This resource cross-links to the library's Article Linker which searches for full-text articles.
  • New Database Reference Universe-- Search Hinckley Library Reference (Paratext) — A search engine to search the complete back-of-the-book indexes and articles to over 16,000 reference works and then matches them to Hinckley Library's reference collection.
  • Regional Business News — (via EbscoHost) Coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
  • Serials Locator — Have a journal citation but need to find which database carries the full text? Search for the journal's title in this electronic journal locator tool created by SerialsSolutions.
  • Thomas — U.S. Congress information from the Library of Congress.
  • ThomasNet (Thomas Register) — World's most complete source of information about North American manufacturing resources.
  • USA.gov — The official portal for all USA federal, state. and local information, from online documents and resources to social security benefits, government jobs and tips on stretching your dollars.
  • Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select — Full text access to magazine and journal articles. Covers about 1,700 periodicals, in all disciplines. From mid-1990s to the present.
  • Wyoming Legal Resources — Includes Wyoming municipal codes. From the Wyoming State Law Library.
  • Wyoming State Law Library — Source of legal information for the Wyoming Judicial System, with particular emphasis on insuring the supply of current and relevant materials to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
  • Wyoming Statutes
  • Wyoming Supreme Court Cases Database

Off Campus Users

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Community Users

You may log in, using your Wyoming college-issued library card number & PIN (or your public library card & PIN), to WYLD Databases Available for Wyoming Citizens or visit the library to view restricted databases.


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