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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
- Great first place to go for both scholarly journal and magazine articles on most topics,
especially current events and term paper topics like gun control, terrorism, etc.
How to use
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Academic OneFile (Infotrac) -
Similar in coverage to Academic Search Premier (above), but the default search is a
subject search. Good starting point for focusing potential subjects.
How to use
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CQ Researcher - A reference
tool/magazine that gives overviews of major paper topics like abortion, gun control, steroids in
sports, etc. Includes articles and lists of other resources, as well as Pro and Con sides for most
topics.
How to use
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Pop Culture Universe
Trial! - Information on American and world popular culture, past and present - new technology
(iPods, gaming, gadgets)…Internet memes and chatspeak…movies, TV, radio…music…comics and graphic
novels…s ports and pastimes…fads, fashion, fast food and much more.
Newspapers
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databases
Art
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databases
Biology
See all Biological
Sciences databases
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Biological Abstracts (ISI) -
Identifies journal articles on biology and the biomedical sciences, including biochemistry,
biology, plant biology, cell biology, medicine, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and
zoology.
Business
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databases
Communication
See all Communication
databases
Education
See all Education
databases
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Education Full Text (Wilson
Web) - Identifies articles and books on all education topics.
Note: Check the Education Full Text box at the top of the page before searching.
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ERIC (CSA) - Locates articles
and documents on education research and practice.
Engineering
See all Engineering
databases
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Ei Engineering Village -
Identifies articles in engineering and physics literature. Includes the Compendex, NTIS, and INSPEC
databases.
Environmental Studies
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Studies databases
Film
See all Film
databases
Government
See all Government
databases
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Lexis-Nexis Congressional -
Find copies of bills, laws, legislation, congressional reports, and other Congressional
publications.
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GPO Monthly Catalog (First
Search) - Lists books and all kinds of Government Publications on every conceivable topic.
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Lexis-Nexis Statistical - The
first place to check for statistics on all kinds of topics, U.S. and International. Click
"Search tables base edition" to get started.
History
See all History
databases
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America History and Life
(Ebsco) - Articles from scholarly journals on American and Canadian history from prehistory to
the present.
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Historical Abstracts (Ebsco) -
Scholarly articles on the history of the world (except America and Canada) from 1450-present.
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JSTOR - Searches older journals
covering history, classics (ancient Rome and Greece, etc.), literature, and many more
subjects.
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Reader's Guide Retrospective
(1890-1982) (Wilson Web) - Includes articles from popular magazines going back to the late 19th
Century. Especially good for popular culture research on the early to mid-20th Century.
Kinesiology and Sports
See all Kinesiology
and Sports databases
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Sport Discus (EBSCO) -
Scholarly and popular information on all aspects of sports, exercise, training, etc.
Literature
See all Literature
databases
Medicine and Health
See all Medicine
databases
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Health Source (EBSCO) - To
search for consumer health literature including scholarly journals, general health care magazines,
reference books, and pamphlets select "Consumer Edition". For refereed materials choose the
"Nursing/Academic Edition."
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CINAHL (EBSCO) - (Cumulative
Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) - Authoritative coverage of the literature related
to nursing and allied health.
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PubMed (National Library of
Medicine) - Identifies articles in basic and clinical biomedical research as well as in
psychology other allied health fields.
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MEDLINE Plus (National Library of
Medicine) - Identifies consumer information about health-related topics.
Music
See all Music
databases
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Music Index (EBSCO) - Indexes a
wide variety of music publications, both scholarly and popular.
Political Science
See all Political
Science databases
Psychology
See all Psychology
databases
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PsycINFO (CSA) - Indexes
scholarly Psychology journals and other publications.
Sociology
See all Sociology
databases
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Sociological Abstracts (CSA) -
Lots of scholarly journals articles, dissertations, books, and other information covering a wide
variety of sociology topics. Useful for many Controversial Issues topics as well.
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SocINDEX (EBSCO) - Identifies
articles in all areas of sociology including anthropology, criminology, ethnic & racial
studies, gender studies, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, and urban
studies.
Women and Gender Studies
See all Women and
Gender Studies databases