Provides full text for nearly 3,970 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more.
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Content on: Studying law or law enforcement, Training for paralegal service, Preparing for a career in Homeland Security, Delving into forensic science, Investigating crime scenes, Developing policy, Going to court, Writing sociological reports
Comprehensive international coverage of scholarly literature in psychology. Includes articles from more than 1300 periodicals in over 25 languages.
A general academic database with a majority of the articles in full text. Contains podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content 1985 to present.
A database of over 100 full text scholarly journals mainly within the past five years.
A database of journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines including some volumes dating back to the 19th century.
Google Scholar allows you to cross search scholarly literature across many disciplines.
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Term |
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AND |
media AND bias |
Narrows the search to entries containing both terms. |
OR |
beer OR wine |
Broadens the search to entries containing either term. |
NOT |
bat NOT baseball |
Excludes entries containing the second term. |
“ ” |
“social work” |
Retrieves results containing the exact phrase in quotes. |
? |
globali?ation |
Wildcard: Retrieves both globalization and globalisation. |
* |
doctor* |
Truncation: Retrieves doctor, doctors, doctored. |
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Books
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Articles
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