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General Resources: Getting Started


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Academic Search CompleteTutorial
Great starting point! The largest scholarly, multidisciplinary database designed specifically for colleges 
ProQuest Research Library
Another starting point. Designed for the college level student
Academic OneFile
Another good starting place for general research. Considerable overlap with above databases 
Facts on File | World News Digest
Full text compilations. Good for background research on current affairs
JSTOR: Arts and Sciences | Tutorial
Great for all humanities and social sciences research. Retrospective full runs of top academic journals 
Project Muse | Tutorial
Another great resource for humanities and social science research
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
World’s best known encyclopedia. Includes Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
General OneFile
News sources and popular articles on many subjects 
Article First
Index of articles taken from the table of contents pages of journals 
Clase/Periodica
Spanish language Latin American journals in both the sciences and humanities
Global Road Warrior
In-depth coverage on 175 countries 
Grolier Encyclopedia Online
Well known encyclopedia collection. Includes American Heritage Dictionary 
New York Times Digital Microfilm
Also known as: ProQuest Digital Microfilm 
Starting from 2008, The "Times" presented in exact full-image content of every page 
Ulrichs Web
Publication data on more than 300,000 serials 

The World Almanac
Four World Almanac titles plus Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia
 
Choice Reviews Online 
CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts. All reviews published since 1988 are included.