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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
Complete
(ASC)
A scholarly,
multi-disciplinary
database that offers
more than 6,100
full-text periodicals.
In addition to full-text
articles, Academic
Search Complete
provides indexing and
abstracts for many more
resources,
including indexing for
more than 10,100
journals, scholarly
books, reports,
conference proceedings,
etc. It includes some
searchable PDF content
going back as far as
1887. |
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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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CountryWatch
Detailed reports for
countries of the world.
This database includes
political, economic,
investment, social, and
environmental overviews,
along with statistics,
maps, and links to
current news. |
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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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Custom
Newspapers (InfoTrac)
A collection of more
than 650 national and
international
newspapers. Includes the
Chattanooga
Times/Free Press. |
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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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Inter-university
Consortium for Political
and Social Research (ICPSR)
The ICPSR is a website
that provides access to
a wide range of
political and social
science data for
research and
instruction. From this
site, users may access
the Social Science
Variables Database and
Special Topics Archives
and may search for data
by subject. After
entering the site, in
order to access data
resources click on the
"Data Access & Analysis"
tab. |
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Military and
Intelligence Database
Large collection of
material selected to
meet Military and
Intelligence content
needs. Includes basic
reference material like
the Columbia Electronic
Encyclopedia and the
World Almanac and Book
of Facts as well as over
7 million articles (80%
full-text). |
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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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Polling the Nations
1986 - present
A compilation of more
than 14,000 surveys
conducted by more than
700 polling
organizations in the
United States and more
than 80 other countries
from 1986 to the
present. Each of the
nearly 350,000 records
reports a question asked
and the responses given. |
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Statesman's Yearbook
Online
A reference tool that
provides textual,
statistical, and
graphical information
about world politics,
economics, culture, and
society. |
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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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Aluka Database
Aluka is an online
digital library of
scholarly resources from
and about Africa.
Coverage includes
African geography,
plants, and freedom
information. The online
library contains
archival documents,
periodicals, books,
reports, manuscripts,
and reference works,
three-dimensional
models, maps, oral
histories, plant
specimens, photographs,
and slides. |
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America's News Magazines
(Newsbank)
Provides full-text
articles from various
familiar magazines, such
as
Newsweek,
Time,
U.S. News & World
Report,
Fortune, and
Foreign Affairs.
Coverage includes news,
business, entertainment,
lifestyle, science and
technology, and sports.
Paid advertisements are
excluded. |
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Digital Library of
Appalachia
The Digital Library of
Appalachia provides
online access to
archival and historical
materials related to the
culture of the southern
and central Appalachian
region. The database
includes reproductions
of photographs, typed
pages, books,
manuscripts, diaries and
correspondence, journal
and newspaper articles,
musical recordings, and
oral history recordings
and transcripts. The
online collection is
compiled by libraries,
archives, and museums
associated with the
Appalachian College
Association. |
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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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International Financial
Statistics
1948 - present
Produced by the
International Monetary
Fund, the IFS database
provides international
economic statistics. The
database includes, for
most countries of the
world, current data on
exchange rates,
international liquidity,
money and banking,
interest rates, prices,
production,
international
transactions, government
accounts, and national
accounts. |
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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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Project Muse
The full text from over
100 scholarly journals
in arts and humanities,
the social sciences, and
mathematics. |
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Vault Online Career
Library
An extensive resource
that provides
information for
researching careers and
obtaining jobs. Vault
Online Career Library
offers information about
occupations, industries,
and companies, as well
as advice for
job-seekers. Included
are career-related
articles, downloadable
career guides, and
career path videos.
Job-seekers may use
Vault's "WaterCooler"
message boards to
network with working
professionals. |
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