More Online Databases

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More Online Databases

• College Source
• CQ Researcher
• CQ Weekly
• ERIC
• Literature Resource Center
• Papers First
• Proceedings First
• Literature Resource Center/Literary databases

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College Source

• Data on U.S. and foreign colleges, includes
  community colleges
• Search by major, degree, name of college,
  location, etc.
• Contains links to career and financial aid
  information
• Contains full catalogs, and links to college Web
  sites.

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CQ Researcher

• In depth reports on a variety of controversial
  and newsworthy topics.
• Known for it objective reporting,and coverage of
  various points of view
• Online and print versions available
• Online archive 1991- present.
• Began in 1926 as Editorial Research Reports
• Contains chronologies, pro/con views,
  bibliography, contacts, etc.
• Good source for term paper topics

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CQ Weekly

• Weely reports on federal news, Congress, status
  of bills, congressional votes, etc.
• Non-partisan reporting.
• Archive 1983 - present
• Excellent source of info. on federal government
  actions.

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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)

• Resource for information on education and related
  issues. Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education
• Indexes journal articles and unpublished reports
  on education related topics.
• Free Internet version and FirstSearch version
• FirstSearch version of ERIC links to full text
  documents held in WilsonSelect database

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ERIC continued

• ERIC documents available at UCR, or pay for
  document delivery
• Free version of ERIC at http//www.askeric.org
• Web version contains lesson plans, question
  archive, etc.

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Papers First/ Proceedings First

• Index of papers presented at conferences
• Covers symposiums, workshops, expositions and
  meetings received by the British Library Document
  Supply Center
• Coverage 1993-present

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Literature Resource Center

• Contains several databases that provide access to
  biographies, bibliographies, and critical
  analysis of authors works.
• Literary genres, movements, etc.

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Literature Resource Center

• Database is based on print titles from the same
  publisher
• Dictionary of Literary Biography
• Contemporary Authors
• Contemporary Literary Criticism
• Encyclopedia of Literature
• Literary Index
• Full text journal searches (in advanced search of
  LRC)

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Scribner Writers Series

• Based on the print version
• 15-20 page essays on more than 1,600 authors
• In depth searches by nationality, genre,
  language, time period
• Research ideas section

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Twayne Authors Series

• Based on the print version
• Similar to Scribner series, but contains some
  different authors.