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A number of Gale Databases are now available through the Oregon Statewide Database Licensing Program. There are a large number of databases and they cover a broad range of topics, so here a brief overview of the databases available, organized by broad topics. If we have a similar database in EbscoHost, it is listed for comparison.

General Databases

• Academic OneFile - compare to Academic Search Premier
• InfoTrac OneFile - compare to Masterfile Premier
• InfoTrac Newsstand - compare to Newspaper Source

Business & Economics Databases

• Business & Company Resource Center - includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals
• General Business File - compare to Business Source Premier
• Business Economics and Theory Collection - includes a number of journals indexed in EconLit
• Small Business Resource Center - sample business plans, how-to guides, articles and websites

Education - see also K-12 databases below

• Educators Reference Complete - compare to Education Research Complete

Health & Medicine

• Health Reference Center Academic - compare to Health Source Nursing/Academic and Health Source Consumer Edition
• Health & Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health Module - medical reference materials
• Nursing Resource Center - interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams
• Nursing and Allied Health Collection - articles on all aspects of the Nursing profession

Law

• LegalTrac - compare to Legal Collection
• Criminal Justice Collection - full-text of over 150 legal-related periodicals

Sciences

• Agriculture Collection - full-text includes a number of journals indexed in Agricola
• Computer Database - compare to Computer Source
• Environmental Studies & Policy Collection - includes 200 journals related to environmental issues and policy

Social Sciences & Humanities

• Communication and Mass Media Collection - subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more
• Fine Arts and Music Collection - full-text includes a number of journals in Art Index
• Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection - compare to Hospitality & Tourism Complete
• Psychology Collection - compare to Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

K-12 Resources

• InfoTrac Junior Edition - compare to Middle Search Plus
• InfoTrac Student Edition - compare to MAS Ultra School Edition
• Junior Reference Collection - reference sources for middle schools; includes curriculum standards
• Kids InfoBits - K-5 database
• Student Resource Center Gold - K-12 reference sources
• Discovering Collection - high school level reference sources, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia; includes curriculum standards

Spanish Language Resources

• Informe - compare to Fuente Academica

Public Library-Oriented Resources

• Culinary Arts Collection - of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information
• Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection - collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture
• Home Improvement Collection -includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more
• Popular Magazines - includes 1000 of the most searched magazine titles from Gale databases