Henry Buhl Library

   
Databases with a Cross-Disciplinary focus:
 
Reference Databases (great for background info!)
American National Biography  -- biographies of people who have shaped American history and culture   
Books in Print  --iInformation about in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios and videos
Chronicle of Higher Education  -- news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators
CQ Electronic Library  --  a series of databases focusing on American government. Includes original content, current information, statistics, analysis, and more
CQ Researcher -- non-biased coverage of political and social issues in the US and international issues
CQ Weekly  -- covers virtually every act of Congress, provides nonpartisan news and analysis
CareerSearch  -- information about more than one million companies
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online -- full text of the complete encyclopedia
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography   -- biographies of people who have shaped British history and culture
Oxford Reference Online Database  -- full text of dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory  -- provides information (including the ISSN) regarding scholarly status as well as refereed (peer-reviewed) status
Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated -- access to biographies, obituaries and photographs of notable subjects  
 
Databases to use to locate journal articles:
Academic Search Premier   -- scholarly collection provides journal coverage for most academic areas of study
JSTOR  --   full text access to scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines
LexisNexis Academic   -- provides full text and citation access to information in the reference, business, medical, and legal disciplines
Newspaper Source  -- provides full-text access to many local newspapers across the U.S., including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Boston Globe  
Project Muse --  access to scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences
Proquest National Newspapers  --  provides full-text access to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and Los Angeles Times. 
Readers' Guide Retrospective  --  Index to general-interest periodicals, 1890-1982
 
 

Updated:   08/27/09
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