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Major Indexes & Article Databases

History of the U.S. and Canada

1910-present

Economics literature, has full text for 480+ journals including the AEA journals

1969-present

World history since 1450, not U.S. or Canada

1955-present

Archives of science, social science & humanities journals.  Generally does NOT include the most recent 3-5 years 

1687-2009

News sources include U.S. regional newspapers, international newspapers, wire services, and magazines.

1900-present

Political science literature, US, foreign & international

1987-present

National and global contemporary public policy issues
ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil
rights

1987-present

Related Indexes & Article Databases

Scholarly literature relating to East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union

1939-present

A multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 5,500 journals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles.

1887-present

Asian studies literature

1971-present

Canadian Affairs literature

1945-present

International Affairs literature

1991-present

Hundreds of colonial-era and United States newspapers; articles, editorial content, advertisements & classifieds. From the American Antiquarian Society and other institutions

1690-1922

U.S. Government publications

1976-present

Library and information technology literature

1965-present

Current news & scholarly literature about the US military and government

1984-present

Nineteenth century primary source collections; includes monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, statistics, and more

1749-1920

Periodic in-depth reviews of the economies of OECD Member and Non-Member countries

1961-present

Medicine, Life Science, Math, Humanities & Social Science Journals

1996-present

Multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 10,900 titles.  Scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, business information.

1905-Present

U.S. Congressional publications and information

1789-present

U.S. and international statistics

1972-present

Fulltext access to tens of thousands of publications from the Rand Corporation

1970-present

Science & Social Science Journals

1999-present

Science & Social Science Journals

1995-present

House & Senate Documents and Reports, also includes the pre-1817 American State Papers.  In addition, many executive branch materials, historical maps, illustrations etc.

1789-1969

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide

1000BCE-present

Research & Citation Guides

Finding Books

Finding books in an academic library can be challenging. This guide offers an introduction to finding books in the ODY Library and the Launders Science Library. Remember that you are always welcome to ask a librarian should you need assistance.

Identifying Scholarly Literature

Can't decide whether an article is scholarly or not? This guide will give you some tips and criteria to help in your decision making process.