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Title		Summary	Date	ID	Author(s)
MEDLINE from PubMed (National Library of Medicine)		MEDLINE from PubMed (NLM) MEDLINE indexes citations, abstracts and full text from journal articles, case studies, conference papers, clinical trial reports, news reports, and reviews in the fields of medicine,nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences. Full text available in HTML and PDF. You can limit to types of clinical queries, age, gender and species of subject, and review articles that summaries research on a topic. 1946-present.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000266
Making of America from Cornell University		Making of America from Cornell University Making of America provides digital reproductions of primary sources related to development of the U.S. infrastructure. Content is provided in text, GIF, and PDF formats. Major segments of this collection include magazines, ebooks, and Civil War documents. 1840-1900. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Making of America from the University of Michigan		Making of America from the University of Michigan Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. Content is available in text, GIF, and PDF formats. 1840-1900. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
MeSH Catalog from NLM		MeSH Catalog from NLM MeSH is NLM's controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles in PubMed. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve information that may use different terminology for the same concepts. Use the MeSH catalog to build a PubMed search strategy. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Merck Veterinary Manual		Merck Veterinary Manual The Merck Veterinary Manual provides full-text reference articles in HTML on animal health topics. References are not included. You can search or browse entries. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary		Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary When you know what something looks like but not what it's called, or when you know the word but can't picture the object, a visual dictionary is a quick solution. In a quick look, you can match the word to the image. In Merriam Webster's version, the image realistically and precisely shows an object, a process or a phenomenon, and the most significant details of its composition. It serves as a visual definition for each of the terms presented. Includes over 6000 images and 20,000 definitions Full record	Sep 13, 2010
MetaLib from GPO		MetaLib from GPO Search across multiple government databases (currently 53 databases, including reference databases, digital repositories, or subject-based Web gateways) to find reports, articles, and citations. Search individual databases or create sets of databases with the A-Z Resource List. Access and search the "native" interface of these databases from the originating institution/agency. Email or export records in various formats. Full record	Sep 13, 2010
MetaPress Ejournals		MetaPress Ejournals MetaPress provides access to several thousand scholarly publications from over 60 publishers. Many but not all publications are available to Virginia Tech users.   Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000321
Middle English Compendium		Middle English Compendium The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to an associated network of electronic resources. Full record	Sep 13, 2010	e1000195
Modern English Collection from the Electronic Text Center at UVA		Modern English Collection from the Electronic Text Center at UVA This heterogeneous collection contains fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts and illustrations, arranged for browsing by author's last name or by category of interest. Each text is encoded in either SGML or XML and includes a bibliographic header with details about the creation of the electronic text and its print source. 1500s-present. Full record	Sep 13, 2010