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Research Databases
Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile
is a collection of more than 8,000 journals with full manual indexing and coverage of a variety of academic disciplines. The
majority of the content is peer-reviewed and available full-text. Disciplines include science, technology, medicine, and the humanities.
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ArticleFirst
ArticleFirst is an index of content from the pages of more than 16,000 journals in the social sciences, sciences, and humanities. Updated daily, this database is an excellent source for current information.
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CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly)
Congressional Quarterly Researcher is a definitive reference resource for research in American government,
politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. A wealth of CQ
Press resources and years of journalistic and editorial expertise are
combined in this indispensable collection.
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Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
Electronic Collections Online is a collection of peer-reviewed full text journal articles with images in a variety of subject areas including biology, chemistry, economics, mathematics, medicine, psychology, science and technology.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
Authoritative
references, including Britannica's latest article database, hundreds of
articles not found in the print Britannica, Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition), the Britannica Book of the Year,
and thousands of links to other World Wide Web sites selected by
Britannica editors.
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Essay & General Literature Index
Essay & General Literature Index is an index of essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Bibliographic information comes from more than 300 volumes and 20 annual or serial publications. Subjects focus on the humanities and social sciences, with topics ranging from archeology, children's literature, and fiction to political science, religion, and women's studies.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Expanded Academic ASAP includes scholarly journals as well as news magazines and newspapers with full text and images pertaining to arts, humanities, social sciences, and science and
technology.
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General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac Onefile)
General OneFile, formerly called InfoTrac Onefile, is a large, multi-subject database, with records from 1980 to the present. More than 11,000 sources are indexed, most with full-text coverage. Sources include U.S. and international newspapers, popular magazines, academic journals, trade and professional publications, multimedia, and general reference sources.
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General Reference Center Gold
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources. Find
articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with
full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture,
business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies,
and more.
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Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides access to scholarly literature on the web. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. If Calvin has access to an electronic journal, links to the articles in that journal will appear in Google Scholar
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InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers is
a database collection of full-text newspapers
from around the United States and the world.
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IngentaConnect
IngentaConnect is an interdisciplinary collection of more than 29,000 E-journals.
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from
experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been
published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago.
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LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic is an extensive set of full-text electronic databases of news, business, company, and legal information. It contains major archives of federal and state case law, media transcripts, and other full-text material. For more information consult the LexisNexis Academic help documents and/or search tutorial.
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Michigan Newspapers
The Michigan Newspapers from the "America's Newspapers from
NewsBank" collection provides full-text articles from the electronic
editions of record for the Detroit News, Grand Rapids Press, and the Lansing
State Journal in one database.
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netLibrary
The Hekman Library has access to more than 14,000 electronic books, or e-books, through this resource. Trade and university press materials, as well as popular materials are included. See the library's Guide for Finding Electronic Books for more information on netlibrary e-books.
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New York Times Article Archives 1851-1980
This database indexes articles published in the New York Times from September 1851 to December 1980. Users can search for specific articles by keyword or phrase, author, headline, date, or date range.
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Periodicals Index Online
Periodicals Index Online (PIO) indexes more than 15 million articles from thousands of journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Its scope is international; foreign language journals are included (e.g., German, Italian, French, and Spanish).
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Readers' Guide Abstracts
Contains bibliographic citations for nearly 400 popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes abstracts for many records (1984 to the present) and covers business, consumer's affairs, current events, education, fashion, fine arts, health and nutrition, and sports.
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Wilson Select Plus
The Wilson Select Plus database provides indexed and abstracted records with accompanying full-text periodical articles (1994 to the present) from over 2000 sources, including U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. Subjects covered include science, humanities, business, and education.
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WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Worldcat is a catalog of materials found in hundreds of libraries throughout the world. There are currently over 62 million records in 400 languages extending back to as early as 1,000 B.C. WorldCat is updated daily.
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WorldCat (Public)
WorldCat (Public) is a global network of library content. This WorldCat site provides some services and functionality not offered on the other WorldCat site, but the content is identical. WorldCat is ideal for locating research sources not owned by Calvin so that the sources can be acquired through InterLibrary Loan.
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