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Interdisciplinary Studies

America: History & Life - EBSCO

Indexing and abstracts of 2,400 scholarly journals on U.S. and Canadian History. Links to some full text where available. 

Chronicle of Higher Education

Full-text access to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Content is updated daily. Also, you may set up "email alerts" and have them delivered to your in-box regularly.

Chronicle of Philanthropy

Full-text of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Content is added daily. Also, you may set up "email alerts" and have them delivered to your in-box regularly.

CREDO Reference

CREDO Reference contains a variety of reference sources in subjects ranging from Art to History to Law to Technology and almost everything in between. It is a portal to a multitude of highly regarded reference sources, drawing on 244 titles by 55 publishers and providing access to tens of thousands of images and audio clips. At a loss for a paper topic? Search the Concept Map for ideas.

CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports

CRS Reports (Congressional Research Service) was established to provide members, committees and congressional staff with nonpartisan and objective research and analysis on all public policy issues.  Research divisions include: American Law, Domestic Social Policy; Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade; Government and Finance; Knowledge Services; and Resources, Science and Industry.  Many CRS reports are updated at varying intervals, so it is always important to note the exact date of issuance rather than just the title and year of publication.

Ethnic NewsWatch

Full-text coverage of 240 valuable resources for providing different viewpoints & perspectives from the ethnic, minority, and native press.

Free access to H1N1 information from EBSCO

As public concern about H1N1 and the upcoming flu season continues to grow, the medical and nursing editors from EBSCO Publishing have responded by offering the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free.

This free flu information resource will provide continually updated, evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed and Nursing Reference Center, EBSCO's clinical nursing point-of-care databases, along with patient education information in 17 languages from Patient Education Reference Center.  Please visit this site often and feel free to share, post, and email this link to your colleagues, family and friends.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Access over 100 standard Gale Reference works online! Includes reference materials in the subject areas of: Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and Social Science.

GalleryWatch CRS Reports - EBSCO

Contains the largest and most up-to-date collection of Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports available online. Content covers a host of subject areas, including economics, environment, foreign affairs, immigration, medicine, civil rights, national security, terrorism and more.

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research

Established in 1962, ICPSR is the world's largest archive of digital social science data.

NOTE: (1) To be viewed or manipulated, data may require SAS or SPSS programs which are not currently available on library computers. (2) Users must create a free account to view data.  The account must be created on campus.  Once an account is created, it can be accessed on or off campus.

In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives

In the First Person is a new library index that lets users perform in-depth field and keyword searches across all letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials that are freely available on the Web and Alexander Street databases. With a single search, users can access thousands of personal narratives in English from archives and repositories everywhere. The search returns citation information and links to full text, audio, and video whenever available.

JSTOR-19th Century British Pamphlets Collection

This collection, as part of JSTOR, contains the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries. Pamphlets were an important means of public debate, covering the key political, social, technological, and environmental issues of their day. They have been underutilized within research and teaching because they are generally quite difficult to access – often bound together in large numbers or otherwise hard to find in the few research libraries that hold them. The digitization of more than 20,000 pamphlets from seven UK institutions will provide researchers, students, and teachers with an immensely rich and coherent corpus of primary sources with which to study the socio-political and economic landscape of 19th century Britain.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Online

Full-text newspapers, periodicals, and reference sources in a variety of subject areas including business, medical, law, and more.

Marquis Who's Who In America

Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. 

New York Times (1980-current)

Full-text coverage of "The New York Times."
Also includes "The New York Times Magazine," and "The New York Times Book Review."

Newspaper Source - EBSCO

Full-text of 245 regional U.S. newspapers, 18 international newspapers, and 6 newswires. Also includes the Christian Science Monitor & The Los Angeles Times.

Original Sources

Published by Encyclopedia Britannica. Includes original source documents across U.S. & world history, literature, social sciences, science, math, religion, and more.

Oxford Classical Dictionary

Written by the very best of classical scholars from all over the world, the Oxford Classical Dictionary provides coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity.  The approach is interdisciplinary: all areas, regions, and cultures are represented beyond the core areas of Greece and Rome. As well as providing factual information, the Dictionary contains many thematic entries on subjects relevant to the 21st century such as nationalism, race, and ecology. The text is written in an accessible style and all Latin and Greek words have been translated.

Project Muse

Full-text of 200 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses.

Learn how to use Subject Headings in Project Muse by watching the vodast