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Course Specific Resources

Newspaper databases

U.S. Newsstream

Newspaper Source Plus

Academic Search Complete

Sources with pro and con arguments

CQ Researcher Archive

CQ Researcher explores important issues on a wide variety of topics.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Covers all sides of a variety of different issues.

Google "site:" searching with .gov and .edu domains

You can use this feature to limit to .gov (U.S. governmental websites) and .edu (typically colleges/universities/research institutions) domains, which may be helpful for finding recent governmental policies/research, or institutional research briefs, and other data.

 

Academic/Scholarly databases

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete searches a variety of different subject areas, this is a good place to start if you're unsure what subject area to begin in.

 

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier searches topics related to business.

 

ERIC

ERIC searches topics related to education.

 

Education Research Complete

Like ERIC, searches topics related to education.

 

SocINDEX with Full Text

Contains peer-reviewed sources related to society.

 

Environment Complete

Environment Complete searches environmental topics.

 

GreenFILE

Like Environment Complete, searches topics related to the environment.

 

Political Science Complete

Searches topics related to politics.