Databases

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EBSCOhost Databases

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Search the contents of EBSCO including some full articles, books, and other media.

Google Scholar

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Search a wide range of subjects and sources.

JSTOR

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Full articles from major research journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

PubMed

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Citations to evidence-based biomedical articles from medical practice and research. Many entries include links full articles.

New/Cancelled Resources

Ancestry Library Edition

Cancelled

This database is no longer available.
You can use this database Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City Kansas Public Library, Johnson County Library, and Mid-Continent Public Library. In response to COVID-19 restrictions, remote access is temporarily available at all four libraries. A valid library card is required.

British History Online

Cancelled

This database is no longer available.

Cambridge Structural Database

Cancelled

This database is no longer available.

Use Access Structures, a free service from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, to search a limited subset of data from records in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) and Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD).

Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, legislative histories on landmark legislation, briefs from relevant U.S. Supreme Court cases, and more. Covers civil rights in the United States, as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans.

Subset of HeinOnline.

Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade

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Explore or reconstruct the lives of individuals who were enslaved, owned slaves, or participated in the historical trade.

Index to Printed Music

Cancelled

This database is no longer available.

New York Times (1851-4 years ago)

Cancelled

This database is no longer available.
UMKC retains online access to 2008-3 months ago, and also has microfilm for 1857-2020. Online access is available from the Kansas City Public Library, Johnson County Library, and Mid-Continent Public Library.

WebCSD

Cancelled

This database is no longer available.
Use Access Structures, a free service from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, to search a limited subset of data from records in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) and Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD).

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