Electronic Resources Guide

What Should I Use?

This decision may mark the difference between a successful research experience and a frustrating one. The library provides several resources for you to use, most of which are available off-campus and to online students. Answering some simple questions up front can save time in the long run.

General or Specific?

Do you need a general information source, or a subject-specific one?

General

General information sources provide access to information across a broad range of topics.

range of subjects
EbscoHost Business Souce Elite
 Infotrac Extended Academic FirstSearch ABI Inform

Specific

We have electronic databases and reference tools devoted to the following subject areas:

anthropology
eHRAF Collection of Ethnography - online archive of anthropological data
art
GroveArt -- the online art encyclopedia
business
Lexis Nexis databases FirstSearch ABI Inform EbscoHost Business Souce Elite
education
FirstSearch ERIC EbscoHost ERIC and Professional Collection
history
HarpWeek - the digitized version of the most popular magazine in the U.S. in the 19th century: Harper's Weekly from 1857 - 1877
Historical
New York Times

Chicago Tribune
Historical Archive
language
Oxford English Dictionary — the source for word origins and the history english
law
Lexis Nexis databases
literature
mass communication
medicine
EbscoHost Health Source Nursing/Academic edition and Consumer edition, CINAHL, and USP Advice for the Patient
FirstSearch HealthInfo and Medline
Physicians' Desk Reference Electronic Library
Liebert Health journals online
music
GroveMusic online encyclopedia
news
CQ Researcher looks at current hot topics Lexis Nexis databases New York Times Full Text & Chicago Tribune Full Text
science


Don't forget! Search MORE rather than fewer resources. Time now is worth twice the time later.

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Created by Ruth Burridge Lindemann, 2002. ©Danville Area Community College, 2002.
Revised 7/22/04