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NCJRS is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. The NCJRS Abstracts database, containing over 190,000 abstracts of articles, can be accessed from this page. Many of the articles are available in full text from other UDM databases.
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netLibrary is a collection of over 15,000 electronic books, made available through the University of Detroit Mercy and the Michigan Electronic Library. In addition to many current and recent titles, the collection includes over 3,000 classic texts that are no longer copyrighted. Books may be read online; printing options are limited.
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This database includes the New York Times from January 1, 1995-date. It is part of the InfoTrac Custom Newspapers Collection.
The Newsstand edition displayed here is the edition that is sold on the streets of New York City. This replaces the microfilm version of the New York Times effective with the October 11, 2008, edition. The title link above will take you to the current newspaper. For past issues, follow this link.
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NewsBank contains the electronic editions of record for the Detroit Free Press (1982-date), The Detroit News (1999-date), The Grand Rapids Press (2002-date) and The Lansing State Journal (1999-date). Paid ads are excluded. The collection also includes 27 popular full-text magazines covering news, sports, entertainment and business. Special reports on topics currently in the news are also included.
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NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction.