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  • Academic Search Premier

    This database covers academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

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    1975 - present; updated daily
  • Communication & Mass Media Complete

    Combines CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index and provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media. 

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    1915 - present (varies by publication); updated annually
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text

    Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text is a comprehensive bibliographic and full text database covering the entire spectrum of television and film. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

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    1988 - present
  • JSTOR

    Archive of selected scholarly journals in ecology, economics, history, mathematics, music, political science, statistics, and other humanities and social sciences.

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    varies by publication
  • PsycARTICLES

    The database contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 journals published by the American Psychological Association) and 11 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 59 journals.

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    1894 - present
  • PsycINFO

    Articles and book chapters in psychology and behavioral sciences.

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    1887 - present; Updated monthly
  • Sociological Abstracts

    Citations to sociology journals and dissertations covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology.

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    1952 - present; Print indexes available: v.1(1953)-10(1963)

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  • ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts

    ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. ASSIA currently contains over 312,000 records from 650 journals in 16 different countries, including the UK and US.

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    1984 - present
  • LexisNexis Academic

    News, business, legal and reference information.

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    1970 - present; updated continuously
  • Sage Journals Online

    SAGE Journals Online offers full text access to more than 485 journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Humanities, Science and Technology.

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    varies by publication
  • Simply Map

    Map thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables.

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  • Alternative Press Index

    Provides international and interdisciplinary in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences. Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical right and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.

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    1991 - present; updated quarterly
  • Alternative Press Index (Archive)

    Provides international and interdisciplinary in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences. Indexes alternative, radical right and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.

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    1969 - 1990
  • Cambridge Journals Online

    Cambridge Journals Online is the online Cambridge University Press’s collection of several journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities. 

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    varies by publication
  • CenStats

    CenStats provides access to several popular Census Bureau databases, including: Building Permits, Census Tract Street Locator, County Business Patterns, International Trade Data, Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex, USA Counties, and 1990 Public Law 94-171 Data.

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  • CQ Researcher

    The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week.

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    1991 - present; updated weekly
  • Electronic Journal Service (EJS)

    Search through EBSCO's database of scholarly e-journals.

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    varies by publication
  • Ethnic NewsWatch

    Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

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    varies by publication; most begin 1990-95, some as early as 1960. Updated daily.
  • MasterFILE Premier

    Provides abstracts and indexing for multi-disciplinary periodicals, reference books, full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags.

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    1975 - present
  • Newspaper Source Plus

    Newspaper Source Plus provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers and selective full text for 410 U.S newspapers. The database also contains full-text television & radio news transcripts.

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    varies by publication
  • Opposing Viewpoints

    Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
    3 simultaneous users

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    varies by publication
  • SpringerLink

    SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics.

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  • TOPICsearch
    A current events database that allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.
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  • Wiley InterScience

    This database covers academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, psychology, law and criminology, life sciences, and business.

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    1799 - present

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2

  • PBS Video Collection

    You can now view nearly 250 quality PBS programs covering a wide variety of topics. These videos are viewable from any computer running Flash Player version 9 or higher with a relatively good Internet connection (at least 175 Kbps). Unfortunately, it will not be possible to view the videos over a dial-up Internet line.

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  • Polling the Nations

    Public opinion polls.

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    1986 - present
  • State Academies of Science Abstracts

    Covers all of the major science disciplines and serves as an authoritative reference on research specific to your state and region.

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  • WorldCat

    Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

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    1200 - present; Updated daily

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  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers

    ProQuest Historical Newspapers is the exclusive digital archive for leading newspapers in North America that gives users ready access to the full content of each paper starting from their very first issues.

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