Early American Newspapers Digital (1700-1859)
What Is It? Digital renditions of newspapers published in America from 1700-1859.
Why Use It? Search for articles in the American newspapers from the 18th and early 19th century.
EconLit (1969-Present)
What Is It? Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit is their electronic bibliography of economics literature throughout the world. It contains abstracts, indexing, and links to full-text articles in economics journals, books, chapters and articles in books, working papers series, and dissertations.
Why Use It? Locate journal articles and other scholarly work about economics. Research a particular economist or analyses of an economic theories. Learn more about particular economic theories or models.
Environment Abstracts (1975-Present)
What Is It? Environment Abstracts indexes more than 950 journals and other scientific and scholarly material published in the U.S. and abroad, encompassing all aspects of the impact of people and technology on the environment. As of 1994, the database also provides expanded coverage of energy-related issues.
Why Use It? Find U.S. and international scholarly and scientific material relating to all aspects of the environment, including specific projects, processes and problems.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (1966 - current)
What Is It? Index to documents and journal articles. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Contains the ERIC Thesaurus of educational terms.
Why Use It? Use ERIC to find documents and journal articles related to educational theory or practice. Research teaching methods, cognitive behavior and comparative educational models.
Essay and General Literature Index (1985-Present )
What Is It? Index to essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Covers humanities and social sciences.
Why Use It? Identify essays, articles, and chapters found within books. Find biographical and critical essays about famous people, authors, politicians, literary works, films, etc.
Ethnic Newswatch (1990-Present; some coverage 1960-1989)
What Is It? Full-text of articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic minorities and native press in the United States.
Why Use It? Research topics relating to ethnic minorities and native groups in the U.S. Find articles written from a particular ethnic perspective. Gain a regional perspective on a topic. Find biographical profiles.
Evans Digital Edition (1639-1800)
What Is It? Electronic editions of books from the 17th and 18th century detailing life in America at that time.
Why Use It? Research life in 17th and 18th century America including agriculture, foreign affairs, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and more.
Expanded Academic Index (1980-Present)
What Is It? Multi-disciplinary index to scholarly academic and general interest periodicals.
Why Use It? Search for articles on a wide variety of subjects. Get a sense of how much has been written on your topic. Gather background information. Good place to start most research projects.