Internet Resources - Indexes

Databases

• America's News (NewsBank)
  Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers. Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections.
  Browse related subjects: Archives, California, Indexes, Magazine Articles, News, Newspaper Articles
• EBSCOhost (Masterfile Complete)
  Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE™ Complete also contains full text for nearly 1,000 reference books and over 107,000 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of more than 592,000 photos, maps & flags.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, Magazine Articles
• ERIC
  The Education Resources Information Center provides the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.
  Browse related subjects: Education, Indexes, Schools
• Gale General OneFile
  Indexes over 11,500 periodicals, including over 7000 full-text publications, and over 400 newspaper services worldwide. Backfile coverage is to 1980. Also includes more than 500 travel guides, National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, and links to over 5,000 video files.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, Magazine Articles, Teen Homework Help, Television
• Local News Index
  Index to early newspapers published in Santa Cruz, California. The papers indexed include the Santa Cruz Daily Surf, the Santa Cruz Evening News, and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, Newspaper Articles, Santa Cruz County
• New England Historic Genealogical Society
  Provides access to more than 2,400 searchable databases containing over 110 million names. Some of the most popular include: The American Genealogist, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Purchased through funds donated by the Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County. This database is available ONLY at the Central Branch Library.
  Browse related subjects: Archives, Genealogy, Indexes, Names, People
• New York Times Historical Newspaper (1851-2005)
  Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, Newspaper Articles
• New York Times Newspaper (1980-Current)
  Full-text coverage, 1980 to current.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, News, Newspaper Articles
• Newspaper Clipping File
  Index to the Santa Cruz Public Libraries' newspaper clipping file. The articles range in date from the early 1900's to the present.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, Newspaper Articles, Santa Cruz County
• Santa Cruz Sentinel Archives (NewsBank)
  Archive covers August 14, 1999 to current. Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Santa Cruz Sentinel. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections.
  Browse related subjects: Archives, California, Indexes, Local History, News, Newspaper Articles, Santa Cruz City, Santa Cruz County
• Which Phone Book?
  Tells which phone book to use to find listings for a particular city or area code in California. Created by staff at the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
  Browse related subjects: Directories, Indexes

Recommended Websites

• a.k.a. Also Known As
  Author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, maiden names, pen names, etc.
  Browse related subjects: Authors, Indexes, Literature
• Adherents: World Religion Statistics
  This site includes statistics covering membership in "over 4,000 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc." Indexes of religion by country and by name; statistics on largest communities of religions by countries and states of the U. S.; religious affiliations of U. S. presidents and current members of Congress. Lists of scriptures by religion and links to other religious sites.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, Religion, Statistics
• Bartleby Library
  Searchable collection of American and English literary works, including reference, verse, fiction and nonfiction. Also includes several sources for quotations.
  Browse related subjects: Dictionaries, Indexes, Literature, Quotations
• Inter-Play
  Indexes plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals owned by Portland State University. Searchable by author, title. Gives author, title, collection title, publisher, year title.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, Plays
• PlayFinder
  From Dramatist Play Service, Inc.; database of its stock; searchable by author, title keyword, cast; gives plot and brief quotations from reviews.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, Plays
• Short Story Index
  Indexes the short story collections in the Los Angeles Public Library. Searchable by author or story title. Give author and title of the collection (no publisher or date.)
  Browse related subjects: Indexes
• What's Next Database
  The What's Next™: Books in Series database helps you search series fiction. (A series is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.) This database is developed and is maintained by the Kent District Library.
  Browse related subjects: Indexes, Libraries, Literature