IWU Databases: L
Databases by Subject
Databases Beginning with L
Databases Beginning with L
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An International Labour Organization database indexing a wide range of publications related to work, livelihood, economic and social development, and human rights. Use the advanced search to find English or e-publications only.
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A statistical database of the ILO (International Labour Organization), a U.N. agency promoting social justice and human rights. Includes statistics on employment, wages, injuries, strikes, work hours, consumer prices and more.
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A Georgetown University portal to online resources in Medieval Studies, ca. 500 to 1500. (Caution: updated infrequently)
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LearningExpress Library™ (EBSCO)
 LearningExpress Library™ helps students and adult learners improve the skills required for academic and career success. There are practice sets and tutorials to develop skills in math, reading, writing, and basic sciences. Also, there are practice tests to help prepare for taking the CLEP®, ATI TEAS®, GMAT, LSAT, GRE and LSAT, career certification tests such as NCLEX-RN, Praxis I and II, and more. Popular software tutorials and basic computer instruction are also included.
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Legal Information Reference Center offers everyday users the necessary tools and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.
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A helpful database for educators in assessing the reading levels (lexile measures) of thousands of popular books. Provides links to Worldcat to view local availability, as well as a service to measure the reading level of a submitted text.
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A database with hundreds of searchable links to ancient Greek texts online, found in both original Greek and in translation.
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A digital treasury of photographs, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers, sound recordings, interviews, broadcasts and films covering subjects worldwide and focusing on unique materials not found elsewhere.
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A database of downloadable audio files of classic works from the public domain in multiple formats (mp3 m4b, zip, ogg vorbis).
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A central work in Greek scholarship, decoding early Greek, Classical Greek, and the Greek of the Old and New Testaments. Entries include a definition, inflections and usage examples.
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Offers millions of photos from the American classic, LIFE Magazine, reflecting the culture and times of the 1860s through 1970s.
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Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest)
A database providing abstracts and citations in the international literature of linguistics and the related language sciences. Includes all aspects of language study, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
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LISTA (EBSCO)
LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) indexes more than 560 journals, books and research reports. Subjects include: classification, online information retrieval, information management, cataloging, bibliometrics, and more.
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Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
A full-text database providing information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It gives students, teachers and librarians a complete foundation of literary reference works to meet any and all of their research or instructional needs.
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Offers over 140,000 full-text theses and dissertations related to language and literature dating from the 1800s to the present.
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Los Angeles Times (LexisNexis® Academic)
Advanced search screen for finding articles in Los Angeles Times, search by article or enter a specific date to get all articles for that day.
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An International Labour Organization database indexing a wide range of publications related to work, livelihood, economic and social development, and human rights. Use the advanced search to find English or e-publications only.
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A statistical database of the ILO (International Labour Organization), a U.N. agency promoting social justice and human rights. Includes statistics on employment, wages, injuries, strikes, work hours, consumer prices and more.
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A Georgetown University portal to online resources in Medieval Studies, ca. 500 to 1500. (Caution: updated infrequently)
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LearningExpress™ Library (EBSCO)
LearningExpress Library™ helps students and adult learners improve the skills required for academic and career success. There are practice sets and tutorials to develop skills in math, reading, writing, and basic sciences. Also, there are practice tests to help prepare for taking the CLEP®, ATI TEAS®, GMAT, LSAT, GRE and LSAT, career certification tests such as NCLEX-RN, Praxis I and II, and more. Popular software tutorials and basic computer instruction are also included.
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Legal Information Reference Center offers everyday users the necessary tools and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.
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A helpful database for educators in assessing the reading levels (lexile measures) of thousands of popular books. Provides links to Worldcat to view local availability, as well as a service to measure the reading level of a submitted text.
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A database with hundreds of searchable links to ancient Greek texts online, found in both original Greek and in translation.
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A digital treasury of photographs, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers, sound recordings, interviews, broadcasts and films covering subjects worldwide and focusing on unique materials not found elsewhere.
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A database of downloadable audio files of classic works from the public domain in multiple formats (mp3 m4b, zip, ogg vorbis).
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A central work in Greek scholarship, decoding early Greek, Classical Greek, and the Greek of the Old and New Testaments. Entries include a definition, inflections and usage examples.
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Offers millions of photos from the American classic, LIFE Magazine, reflecting the culture and times of the 1860s through 1970s.
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Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest)
A database providing abstracts and citations in the international literature of linguistics and the related language sciences. Includes all aspects of language study, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
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LISTA (EBSCO)
LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) indexes more than 560 journals, books and research reports. Subjects include: classification, online information retrieval, information management, cataloging, bibliometrics, and more.
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Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
A full-text database providing information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It gives students, teachers and librarians a complete foundation of literary reference works to meet any and all of their research or instructional needs.
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Offers over 140,000 full-text theses and dissertations related to language and literature dating from the 1800s to the present.
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Los Angeles Times (LexisNexis® Academic)
Advanced search screen for finding articles in Los Angeles Times, search by article or enter a specific date to get all articles for that day.
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