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ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER    
A great starting place for any topic-- contains full text and peer-reviewed journals in many academic subject areas ... [more]
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CQ HISTORIC DOCUMENTS SERIES    
Primary source documents and analysis related to key events since 1972... [more]
Close this window Provides primary source documents and analysis on the most significant events since 1972. Documents include presidential speeches, international agreements, Supreme Court decisions, U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions. Browse by topic, view the cumulative index, or search by keyword.

CREDO REFERENCE   
Over 300 full-text reference books online... [more]
Close this window Access to over 300 reference books in a broad range of topic areas, from general reference to art to technology. Credo Reference includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, as well as subject-specific titles in a diverse range of subjects.

GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY    
Online access to reference favorites-- encyclopedias, biographies, business plan handbooks, company histories... [more]
Close this window Online access to the content of reference volumes in the following subject areas: Biography, Business, Education, History, Law, Library Science, Literature, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Science, Social Science, and Technology. Content includes multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources. Browse titles by subject area or search using keyword.

JSTOR    
A full-text, scholarly database that features the back issues of journals in the Arts & Sciences and Business ... [more]
Close this window JSTOR presents the complete runs of journals, as well as select monographs, transactions, and conference proceedings. Bryant subscribes to 3 multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences collections that include core journals in economics, history, political science, sociology, archaeology, classics, African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies, languages and literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, the history and study of art and architecture, and more. The Business Collection features core titles in economics and finance, including publications from leading scholarly societies and a range of critical research journals in accounting, labor relations, marketing, management, operations research, and risk assessment. Full text is typically not available for the most recent 3 - 5 years.

NETLIBRARY    
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Close this window Simultaneously search over 8,000 electronic books in a wide range of subject areas and topics. Content includes copyrighted and public domain works. Publishers include Harvard Business School Press, McGraw-Hill, AMACOM and more. You may also search for Netlibrary titles using the HELIN Library Catalog.

NEW YORK TIMES - Historical    
Search the full text of the New York Times from 1850-2005... [more]
Close this window This resource includes digital reproductions of all pages and articles from the New York Times from 1850-2005, including advertisements, photographs, graphics, etc. Every page from the newspaper is included, as well as the New York Times Book Review and the New York Times Magazine. Articles, pages etc. are in PDF format.

For full text articles of New York Times articles from 2002 to the present, use the Newspapers database.
Close this windowThe New York Times - Historical database formats citations in your choice of citation styles, including APA, Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date, Chicago/Turabian: Humanities, Harvard, MLA, and more. Select the "Cite" link, or select a citation style from the drop down list when you email or export a record.

NEWSPAPERS    
Articles from major national and regional U.S. newspapers... [more]
Close this window Indexes, abstracts and full-text articles from major national and regional United States newspapers such as: Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, Newsday, The New York Times, Providence Journal , The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and more.

Some articles may not be available in full-text in this database. Use the Journals List (Serials Solutions) to check to see if a journal is available in print or in another database, OR request articles using Interlibrary Loan.
Close this windowThe Newspapers database formats citations in your choice of citation styles, including APA, Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date, Chicago/Turabian: Humanities, Harvard, MLA, and more. Select the "Cite" link, or select a citation style from the drop down list when you email or export a record.

PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARY    
Articles in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and/or newspapers in broad range of academic subject areas... [more]
Close this window ProQuest Research Library provides access to a wide range of popular academic subjects, including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, women's interest, and more. The database includes more than 3,950 scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers (with over 2,700 in full text) from 1971 forward.

Some articles may not be available in full-text in this database. Use the Journals List (Serials Solutions) to check to see if a journal is available in print or in another database, OR request articles using Interlibrary Loan.
Close this windowThe Proquest Research Library formats citations in your choice of citation styles, including APA, Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date, Chicago/Turabian: Humanities, Harvard, MLA, and more. Select the "Cite" link, or select a citation style from the drop down list when you email or export a record.

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL BULLETIN    
Full text articles that feature local and regional news for the Rhode Island area from 1983 to the present... [more]
Close this window Content coverage includes: national and world news, including letters to the editor, commentary and opinion pieces, Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts news, Business, Sports, Regional Editions, Arts/Travel, Education, Money & Business, projoCars, projoHomes, projoJobs, Lifebeat, and more. The Providence Journal Bulletin is a part of the Proquest Newspapers database.
Close this windowThe Proquest Newspapers database formats citations in your choice of citation styles, including APA, Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date, Chicago/Turabian: Humanities, Harvard, MLA, and more. Select the "Cite" link, or select a citation style from the drop down list when you email or export a record.

SAGE JOURNALS    
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Close this window Access to more than 500 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine, with some content available in full text. Select the "SAGE Content Available to Me" radio button to find full text articles available in the SAGE database.

Not all articles in the Sage database are available as full text. Use the Journals List (Serials Solutions) to check to see if a journal is available in print or in another database, OR request articles using Interlibrary Loan.
Close this windowYou can export citations from the Sage Journals database to EndNote: You must create an account in the Sage Journals database to export citations. Once you are logged in to the database, select the "Check item" checkbox next to the record(s) that you would like to export. You must click the red "Add to My Marked Citations" button on the right hand side before proceeding to the next page of results. When you are ready to export your citations, select the "Email/Download/Save/Print My Marked Citations" radio button, then click the red "Go" button. On the next page, click the "EXPORT/DOWLOAD to Citation Manager" button. On the next page, select the "EndNote" link and select the "Save to Disk" radio button in the popup window. You can now import your citations into EndNote.

WALL STREET JOURNAL - East. Ed. (Historical)      
Search the full text of the Wall Street Journal from 1889-1991... [more]
Close this window This resource includes digital reproductions of all pages and articles from the Wall Street Journal from 1889-1991, including advertisements, graphics, etc. Access to full-text articles from 1984 - present is available via the Wall Street Journal Newspapers database, WSJ microfilm (1922 - 2006) or the current WSJ print edition (available at Reference Desk). The print index to the WSJ from 1957-1984 is available in Reference and Backfile Reference at REF.HG.W26.
Close this windowThe Wall Street Journal Historical database formats citations in your choice of citation styles, including APA, Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date, Chicago/Turabian: Humanities, Harvard, MLA, and more. Select the "Cite" link, or select a citation style from the drop down list when you email or export a record.

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WORLDCAT
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Close this window Search for print and electronic books, music CDs, DVDs... Worldcat is the world's foremost bibliographic database, with over 46 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. WorldCat covers bibliographic information from before 1,000 BC to the present, and includes holdings information from libraries in 45 countries.

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