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Research Databases

General All Topics   (off campus user instructions below)

Opposing Viewpoints in Context  (Gale e-research) 
The first place to go when researching controversial or contentious issues.  Academic articles, opinion essays, primary sources, video and audio.

CQ Researcher  (CQ Press) 
Award-winning!  Explores "hot" issues in the news. Don't miss the "pro-con" feature.  Reports include charts, graphs, topic introduction, chronology, take a look! 

Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition 
Contains more than 73,000 articles and provides access to the complete encyclopedia.  

Student Research Center  (Ebsco Publishing)
Good source for beginner researchers. 

Arts & Humanities

ARTstor
Image database for art, archaeology, architecture, painting, and more; covers many time periods and cultures.
Literature Resource Center  (Gale e-research)
Easy access to research on authors and literary works.  Biographical and critical analysis of more than 120,000 authors.

Business & Law
Business Source Premier   (Ebsco Publishing)
Full text for ... virtually all subject areas related to business.
Lexis Nexis Academic
Newspapers, magazines, legal documents, code law, statutes, and regulations. Shepard's Citations, company information, business news.

College Catalogs
College & University Catalogs   (Pubished by College Source)
College catalogs for 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and international schools. Includes course descriptions.
Social Science
Country Watch
Reports that profile political, economic, corporate, and environmental trends for 192 countries.
 
news guy

 

 

 

Off Campus Access to Library Databases

To use the article or research databases from an off campus computer, log in with your 14 digit library number or eight digit student id number.

The User ID is your 14 digit library number located on the front of your student body card, beginning with 21716.

dasbFor example: a library number is 21716333344455


Non-Subscription Websites (Librarians' Favorites)

International Websites:


Background Notes from the U.S. Dept. of State


Country Studies from the Library of Congress


DeCillis Vietnam Conflict Collection


Newspapers from around the world


UC Atlas of Global Inequality


U.S. CIA World Fact Book


 

Tools:

 

Google


Internet Public Library


Librarians' Internet Index


Yahoo

 

Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles
Company, business and industry information.

Pew Research Center
Numbers, facts, trends: national & international.

 

 

Links To:

 

Business Links and Websites

 

Medical Links and Websites


Nursing Links and Websites


Philosophy Pages


Research and Documentation Online
Writing a paper? View this site.

 

New Proquest Newspaper Platform Testing





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Last Updated: 1/27/12