Where can you go to find high-quality images of Native Americans and Inuits,  information on the paper & pulp industries, and peer reviewed articles in the sciences?  Wilson Web has information all of those topics and more. Here are some cool things that is offered by Wilson Web for your research and fun & enjoyment.

Reason #5: Search Multiple Databases

Search across multiple databases from one user interface will save you time and effort.  The Wilson Web hosted databases owned by the library include: Art Museum Image Gallery, Business Full Text, Cinema Image Gallery, Education Full Text, ERIC, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Library Literature and Information Full Text, OmniFile Full Text Mega, Readers’ Guide Full Text, Readers’ Guide Retro, and Social Sciences Full Text.

Reason #4: Get Full-Text Everytime
Get full text of articles.  All of the databases in Wilson Web offers full text of articles because sometimes it’s frustrating to find an article and now be able to get the full text right when you want it.

Reason #3: One Second Translations

Can’t read English well or prefer to read your articles in another language?  Wilson Web allows you to do that in 13 different languages, including French, Russian, and Japanese.  At the top of the screen click to see the pull-down menu and choose the language of your choice.  The translation will be word-for-word translation but will help you understand the gist of the article.

Reason #2: It’s Always Movie Night

Watch old movies and see photos from the film or TV sets, the actors, and much more with the Cinema Image Gallery.  Have you ever seen Santa Claus Conquers The Martians from 1964?  It’s the classic tale of martians kidnapping Santa because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.  Watch the entire movie and find out how the movie ends — all for the price of FREE.

Reason #1: Hear the Article

Don’t read the article, let Wilson Web read the article to you!  If the article is available in HTML Full Text, choose that option and then click on “Click here to hear audio file” and get the article read to you in a computerized voice.  What’s more fun and useful than that?

We want to hear from you – what have you found about Wilson Web that you’ve liked?

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