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Recommended Databases

Database Info   ERIC (education)
          also available through the Department of Education

Database Info   eReference Encylopedias (social sciences)

Database Info   SocIndex (sociology)

Database Info   JSTOR (cross-disciplinary)

Database Info   PsycINFO (psychology)

Database Info   Black Thought and Culture

Database Info   LexisNexis (newspapers)

Database Info   Academic Search Premier - EBSCOhost (cross-disciplinary)

Database Info   America: History and Life (U.S. & Canada history)

Database Info   Historical Abstracts (world history)

Database Info   Political Science Complete

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Database Info   Web of Knowledge (sciences and social sciences)

Database Info   WebFeat (search across databases)


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Database Info   Abstracts in Anthropology

Database Info   African Newspapers (late 19th - early 20th centuries)

Database Info   Annual Reviews (science)

Database Info   Anthropological Index Online (anthropology)

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Database Info   AnthroSource (anthropology)

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Database Info   Chicago Tribune (full-text, 1985-present)

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Database Info   Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

Database Info   Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World’s Cultures.

Database Info   Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

Database Info   Google News Archive (historical newspapers)

Database Info   Google Scholar

Database Info   GPO (government publications)

Database Info   GreenFILE (environment)

Database Info   Harper's Weekly (full-text & images,1857-1912)

Database Info   Harvard Educational Review Online (education)

Database Info   Historical Chicago Tribune (full-text, 1849 - 1985)

Database Info   Historical Statistics of the United States

Database Info   ICPSR (datasets; registration required)

Database Info   Illinois Newspapers

Database Info   JSTOR (cross-disciplinary)

Database Info   Legal Research (legal news)

Database Info   Making of America (full-text 19th century American journals)

Database Info   Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary

Database Info   Military & Government Collection (military & FBI news)

Database Info   NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research)

Database Info   New York Times Article Archive (1851 - present, citations and first paragraphs only)

Database Info   Primary Search (education)

Database Info   Professional Development Collection (educators)

Database Info   Research Starters - Sociology

Database Info   SIRSResearcher (social issues)

Database Info   Stat-USA/Internet (business, economic & trade data)

Database Info   Teacher Reference Center

Database Info   WolframAlpha Computational Knowledge Engine statistics and equations

Database Info   WorldAlmanac and Book of Facts