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Britannica Encyclopedia
World Book Encyclopedia
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
Gale Biography in Context
Gale Student Resources in Context *
Gale General Reference Center *
 
 

CQ Researcher
Gale Global Issues in Context *
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context *

Gale Student Resources in Context *

eLibrary *

Proquest Chicago Tribune

Proquest New York Times

 Magazines and Newspapers
  Scholarly/Academic Journals

Click here for a 1 minute video on how to identify substantive news articles

 

eLibrary *

 

ProQuest Chicago Tribune (1986 to present)

 

ProQuest New York Times

Searches the titles listed below

New York Times (1980 to present)

New York Times Magazine (1986 to present)

New York Times Book Review (1986 to present)

Scroll down to Literature to search just the New York Times Book Review.


Historical
Proquest Historical Newspapers

Searches the newspapers listed below
        Historical Chicago Tribune (1849 to 1989)
        Historical New York Times (1851 to 2009)
        Historical Chicago Defender (1909 – 1975)
        Historical Hartford Courant (1764 - 1984)
        Historical Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1995)

 

Library of Congress Historical Newspapers (website)

 

 

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JSTOR

Full text articles in humanities, social sciences, and sciences

Note that articles in JSTOR are not current. The majority of articles are 3 to 5 years old.

 

Wilson OmniFile Select

Full text articles from a variety of disciplines and databases


First Search

Information from a variety of disciplines and databases

 

Gale Custom Journals

Full text articles from 260 journals

 

ERIC

Full text articles and reports in education

 

 Literature  Health 

Literature Resources from Gale *
ProQuest New York Times Book Review

Novelist (Find a book to read from this database of fiction and nonfiction books)

 

 

eLibrary Science *

Includes topics on Health and Medical Sciences and Health Mind & Body

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)

 

CDC Statistics on Public Health (website)

 

 History and Culture   Science 

Gale U.S. History in Context *
Gale World History in Context *
Culture Grams

CIA World Factbook (website)

Modern Scandals (ebook)

Nineties in America (ebook)

Twenties in America (ebook)

 

eLibrary Science *


JSTOR Plant Science


National Science Digital Library (Website)


Science Daily (Website)

 

 Business   Careers 

 Hoovers (Companies, Industries, and Executives)

 

 

Career Cruising (password document)

 

CIS (Illinois Career Information System)
User Name: illinois
Password: careers


   

*  This asterisk means the database contains scholarly/academic articles. 

 To search for them, select Advanced Search and click on any of the following terms:

 Academic 

 Peer Reviewed

 Journals

 Scholarly