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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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Credo
An online reference library of hundreds of reference titles with the capability of searching through Squires Library's online catalog and databases. Credo includes general and subject-specific reference tools, as well as images, sound files, animations, and videos. |
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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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Career Insider (by Vault)
Career Insider offers advice for job-seekers and information about various professions and companies. Included are articles, career guides, online discussions, blogs, videos, and sample resumes and cover letters.
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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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Global Road Warrior
An extensive cultural, business, and travel database, Global Road Warrior provides general facts, maps, statistics, and travel tips for individual countries. It also offers information about visas and passports, social and business etiquette, transportation, communications and technology, security issues, health and medicine, religion, women's roles, money and banking, dating rituals, holidays and festivals, food and recipes, and much more.
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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). |
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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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