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CQ Encyclopedia
of American Government
Congressional Quarterly
Electronic Encyclopedia
of American Government
is a reference source on
Congress, the
Presidency, Supreme
Court, and the U.S.
Election process. |
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CQ Public Affairs
Collection
The Congressional
Quarterly Public Affairs
Collection is a
reference tool that
brings together reports
on vital issues,
statistical and
historical analyses,
historic documents and
primary source
materials, as well as a
directory of key
government, nonprofit,
and private
organizations in each of
the major policy areas. |
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CQ Researcher
1991 - present
The Congressional
Quarterly Researcher
explores a single issue
in the news in depth
each week. Topics range
from social and teen
issues to environment,
health, education and
science and technology. |
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CQ Supreme Court
Collection
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Collection
blends historical
analysis with timely
updates and expert
commentary of Supreme
Court justices, Supreme
Court institutional
history, and the U.S.
Constitution. |
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Washington Information
Directory
Washington Information
Directory is a one-stop
mega-database for
national, international,
and state level
contacts. More than
10,000 federal offices,
regulatory agencies,
congressional
committees,
international
organizations, and state
government contacts are
available. |
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Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile
provides access to
peer-reviewed, full-text
articles from journals
and reference sources.
It also offers full text
of the New York Times
from 1995 to the
present and includes
transcripts and audio
files from National
Public Radio (NPR). |
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Academic Search Premier
(ASP)
1965 - present
The world’s largest
academic
multi-disciplinary
database, Academic
Search Premier
provides full text for
nearly 4,700
publications, including
full text for more than
3,600 peer-reviewed
journals. PDF back-files
to 1975 or further are
available for well over
one hundred journals,
and searchable cited
references are provided
for more than 1,000
titles. |
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America's Newspapers
(Newsbank)
A database of the
complete electronic
editions of more than
750 U.S. newspapers,
including major
newspapers such as
The New York Times,
The Washington Post,
The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
and regional newspapers
such as The Knoxville
News-Sentinel and
The Tennessean.
Paid advertisements
are excluded. |
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Custom
Newspapers (InfoTrac)
A collection of more
than 650 national and
international
newspapers. Includes the
Chattanooga
Times/Free Press. |
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Expanded Academic ASAP
1980 - present
Coverage in the social
sciences, humanities,
sciences, and
technology, national
news, and general
interest, with a
concentration on
scholarly journals. |
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General OneFile
General OneFile is a
source for news and
periodical articles
covering a wide range of
topics. It includes
full-text articles,
along with some images
and NPR transcripts and
audio files. Updated
daily. |
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Hispanic American
Periodicals Index
1970-present
Index to articles, book
reviews and other
material on Central and
South America, Mexico,
the Caribbean basin, the
U.S.-Mexico border
region, and Hispanics in
the United States.
Covers more than 400
social science and
humanities journals
published throughout the
world. |
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JSTOR
1800 to 3 years
before present date
A digital archive
collection of scholarly
journals starting with
the first issues (many
of which date from the
1800s).
NOTE: the
Adobe Acrobat Reader
is required to print
articles. |
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LearningExpress Library
This resource contains
practice tests and
interactive tutorials
for various academic and
professional
standardized tests. The
tutorials and practice
tests offer immediate
scoring, answer
explanations, and
individual analysis of
test results.
Included are:
- courses and
practice tests in
math, reading, and
writing for adults,
as well as
elementary and high
school students,
- practice tests
for: GED, ACT, SAT,
advanced placement,
GRE, GMAT, LSAT,
MCAT, TOEFL, and
U.S. citizenship,
- practice
certification tests
for: civil service,
teacher praxis, real
estate, and EMS,
- e-books for
skill building and
career
development.
To use
LearningExpress
Library tools, you
must first set up
your own individual
account. On their
welcome page, click
the "New User"
button. Enter a
username and
password that are
easy for you to
remember, because if
you forget your
password there will
be no way to
retrieve your
password.
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Points of View Reference
Center
A full-text database of
essays that present
multiple sides of a
current issue. For each
topic there is an
overview along with
positive arguments
(point) and opposing
arguments
(counterpoint). Source
materials include
essays, political
magazines, newspapers,
news transcripts,
primary source
documents, and reference
books. This database
also offers guides to
developing arguments and
writing position papers. |
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Project Muse
The full text from over
100 scholarly journals
in arts and humanities,
the social sciences, and
mathematics. |
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