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Recommended Databases
ERIC
(education)
also available through CSA
or the Department of Education
eReference Encylopedias (social sciences)
Sociological
Abstracts (sociology)
JSTOR (cross-disciplinary)
PsycInfo (psychology)
LexisNexis
(newspapers)
Academic
Search Premier - EBSCOhost (cross-disciplinary)
America:
History and Life (U.S. & Canada history)
Historical
Abstracts (world history)
Historical Statistics of the United States
Project
Muse (humanities and social science)
Current Contents (science & social science)
More Social Sciences Databases
AP Images (photographs & sound files)
Alternative
Press Index (radical & left-wing journals)
Alternative
Press Index Archive
Annual
Reviews (science)
Anthropological
Index Online (anthropology)
ArticleFirst
(scholarly articles)
Chicago
Tribune (full-text, 1985-present)
ClasePeriodica
(Latin America)
Credo Reference (cross-disciplinary)
Communication
& Mass Media Complete
Congressional
Universe (bills, laws, & legislative histories)
Electronic
Collections Online (cross-disciplinary)
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World’s Cultures.
FactSearch (facts &statistics)
Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
GPO
(government publications)
GreenFILE
(environment)
Harper's
Weekly (full-text & images,1857-1889)
Historical Chicago Tribune (full-text, 1849 - 1985)
Harvard
Educational Review Online (education)
iPOLL (public opinion data - must register to use)
JSTOR (cross-disciplinary)
Legal
Research (legal news)
Making of
America (full-text 19th century American journals)
Merriam-Webster
Collegiate Dictionary
Military
& Government Collection (military & FBI news)
New York Times Article Archive (1851 - present, citations and first paragraphs only)
PILOTS (psychology, sociology)
Primary
Search (education)
Professional
Development Collection (educators)
SIRSResearcher (social issues)
Social
Services Abstracts (social work, welfare & social policy)
Stat-USA/Internet (business,
economic & trade data)
WorldAlmanac
and Book of Facts
Your
Journals@OVID (psychology)