Posted on March 29th, 2013 by O. Erica Cabezas-Marchese
April 2013 Database of the Month The Birds of North America (BNA) Online provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada. In two centuries of American ornithology, The Birds of North America (BNA) is only the fourth comprehensive reference covering the life histories [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2013 by O. Erica Cabezas-Marchese
March 2013 Database of the Month Inter-University Consortium For Political And Social Science (ICPSR) acquires, preserves, enhances, and distributes original social science research data for research and instruction. ICPSR data span many disciplines including sociology, political science, criminology, history, education, demography, gerontology, international relations, public health, economics, and psychology.
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Posted on January 31st, 2013 by O. Erica Cabezas-Marchese
February 2013 Database of the Month African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states—including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 offers researchers valuable primary [...]
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Posted on January 3rd, 2013 by Jane Strudwick
January 2013 Database of the Month The new WestlawNext platform is not fully accessible off campus at this time. Use the previous platform to access off campus. Campus Research, the legal research tool for students who need to research law-related issues, is now on the new platform, WestlawNext. This platform allows users to search the [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2012 by O. Erica Cabezas-Marchese
Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970 includes a wide range of original source materials — letters, minutes, reports, and maps — from the 1917 Balfour Declaration through to the Black September war of 1970-1. These documents, housed in the National Archive, London, are from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers. Major policy statements and [...]
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Posted on October 31st, 2012 by Jane Strudwick
ProQuest Congressional ( formerly LexisNexis Congressional) has an all new look! ProQuest Congressional is a comprehensive collection of historic and current congressional information. Use this database to discover the original documentation that built America’s laws - from reading expert congressional testimony, to tracing a law’s history. Find selected full text of Congressional publications, regulations, laws, [...]
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Posted on October 1st, 2012 by O. Erica Cabezas-Marchese
Business & Company Resource Center is now Business Insights: Essentials and features a completely updated, intuitive user interface, making it easy for users to access in-depth information on U.S. and international businesses, industries and products. The Business & Company collection includes key business references and journals, company investment reports, industry rankings, profiles, market share data [...]
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Posted on August 30th, 2012 by O. Erica Cabezas-Marchese
On July 18th, a suicide bomber kills Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Rajha and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat. Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2012 by O. Erica Cabezas-Marchese
CQ Researcher plus Archive provides in-depth coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy, dating back to 1923. Find reports on historical events such as passage of the Social Security Act of 1935, as well as reports that give background on issues of current debate such as [...]
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Posted on February 29th, 2012 by O. Erica Cabezas-Marchese
“Go rest, young man” In late 1800s, men were sent West to cure excessive nervousness Discover authoritative and comprehensive resources in the behavioral sciences with APA PsycNET databases. PsycNET provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines by bringing together the PsycINFO index and the full text of PsycARTICLES. This database includes literature [...]
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