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Most Useful Databases

Academic Search Complete - A multi-disciplinary academic database [more details].
Web of Science - A multi-disciplinary index of high-impact research journals [more details].
Gale Virtual Reference Library - A multi-disciplinary collection of encyclopedias [more details].
JSTOR - Search older issues of journals (purchase funded in part by the Rockwell Fund) [more details].
LexisNexis Academic - Search news, business information, and legal information [more details].
LexisNexis Congressional - Congressional documents, bills, statutes, members, votes, etc. [more details].
Military and Government Collection - Publications in military sciences and government [more details].
National Journal - News about Congress and the federal government [more details].
OmniFile - A multi-disciplinary database of journals and magazines [more details].
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Essays, primary sources, and statistics on controversial topics [more details].
Westlaw Campus Research - Search court cases, statutes, regulations, law journals, encyclopedias, and news [more details].

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ArticleFirst - A large, multi-disciplinary index of academic journals [more details].
America: History and Life - An index of publications in U.S. and Canadian history [more details].
American FactFinder - U.S. Census Bureau statistics on people, housing, and business [more details].
American Periodicals Series - Search magazines and journals published from 1740 to 1900 [more details].
Book Review Digest - An index of book reviews in English-language magazines [more details].
Catalog of Government Publications - Search U.S. government reports and testimony [more details].
Chicago Tribune - Full text articles with subject indexing for easy access [more details].
CountryWatch - Full-text reports on 192 countries with key statistics, maps, and news [more details].
ebrary - Search electronic books from top academic and professional publishers [more details].
Encyclopedia Britannica Online - The authoritative encyclopedia [more details].
Fuente Academica - Search scholarly journals from Latin America and Spain [more details].
Google Scholar - Use Google's powerful search to find journals, books, and web sites [more details].
Historical Abstracts - Index of publications on the history of the world [more details].
Houston Chronicle - Local and regional news articles from 1985 to present [more details].
Index to Texas Magazines and Documents - An index of regional magazines [more details].
InfoTrac Newspapers - Search 100 newspapers from the U.S. and around world [more details].
Legal Collection - Search 250 journals in law and related fields [more details].
Los Angeles Times - Full text articles with subject indexing for easy access [more details].
netLibrary - Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular presses [more details].
New York Times (1980 to present) - Full text articles with subject indexing [more details].
New York Times Historical (1851 to 2003) - A cover-to-cover archive of the newspaper [more details].
Project Muse - Electronic journals in the humanities and the social sciences [more details].
Readers' Guide Retrospective - An index of general-interest magazines and journals from 1890 to 1982 [more details].
SAGE Political Science - Journals in political science, American government, policy studies, and more [more details].
Vital Speeches of the Day - Read speeches on public issues [part of Academic Search Complete].
Washington Post - Full text articles from the Washington Post newspaper with subject indexing for easy access [more details].
WorldCat - Search 58 million books and other materials in libraries around the world [more details].

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