Academic ONEFILE (Need Help?)
Provides millions of peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's English language journals and reference sources and has extensive coverage on the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, available in both PDF and HTML.
Academic Search Premier (1975 - current) (Need Help?)
The world’s largest academic multidisciplinary database and provides full text for more than 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis.
CREDO Reference
Is on online reference database that contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles. This is good way of obtaining background information on your topic or issue before starting on your real research.
General ONEFILE - InfoTrac (1980 - current) (Need Help?)
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.
JSTOR
A high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references. Today, academic journals comprise the majority of the content in the archive. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1 and include previous and related titles. The most recently published journal issues (past 3-5 years) are not available. However, users can search this material and link to the publisher's site or other online source for access.
Masterfile Premier (1975 - current) (Need Help?)
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 2,050 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multicultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,700 titles. This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 362 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 82,968 biographies, 90,915 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
CQ Researcher (1991 - current) (Need Help?)
The choice of researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Published in print & online 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each 12,000-word CQ Researcher report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. It can be read in its entirety or by section, which include a background and chronology ; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.
Issues & Controversies On File (1995 - current) (Need Help?)
Is the comprehensive online source and reference database of up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day which combines authoritative factual analysis, covering clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics. This database presents and enhances the full backfile of Issues and Controversies On File, which has probed about 600 controversial topics in the news since its debut in September 1995. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information augment the balanced, accurate coverage of current and historical events.
OpinionArchives
Access the following magazine and journals titles for various opinions: American Spectator, Commentary, Commonweal,Dissent,Harpers Magazine,NACLA,The New Leader,The Progressive,Washington Monthly,Moment,The Weekly Standard,Orion Magazine,The Nation,The National Review,The New Republic,New York Review, and The New Yorker.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Need Help?)
This site draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Reader's Guide Retrospective: (1890-1982)
A comprehensive index of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. The database allows for searching the records of an entire century (1890-1982) of popular magazine coverage, reflecting the history of the 20th century America and its evolving attitudes and cultures.
