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Academic Search Complete

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Multidisciplinary resource. Includes peer-reviewed (refereed) journals, magazines and newspapers.

CQ Researcher

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In-depth, balanced reports on controversial issues and current events.

Credo Reference

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Reference books including dictionaries, encyclopedias, quotations, and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific reference titles.

Gale Literature

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Gale Literary Sources is combined search engine that also includes our content from Literature Resource Center and Literature Criticism Online.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)

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Pro and con articles about controversial issues. Includes topic overview, primary source documents and statistics.

ProQuest

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Peer-reviewed/academic articles in addition to newspaper, magazine, and trade journals from all subject areas.

ProQuest Research Companion (PQRC)

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Multimedia-based information literacy resource with tools and videos that demonstrate how to find, evaluate, use information.

Featured Resources

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Archival Films & Newreels Collection (Films on Demand)

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This collection is an archival and historical films from multiple sources. More information: bit.ly/2Onpwm4

Films on Demand

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Films On Demand is an educational streaming video resource. It provides access to more than 40,000 quality, curriculum-focused programs from more than 1,000 acclaimed producers, including BBC, PBS, NBC News, ABC News, National Geographic, A&E, and Films for the Humanities & Science.

NPX - New Play Exchange

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Search the NPX database for plays, people, and organizations.

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000

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Explore the multiplicity of women’s activism in American public life from Colonial times to the present. The collection is organized through 123 document projects. Each is a scholarly work that links an interpretive essay to 30 or more related primary documents.