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General Reference Tools
General Reference Tools
An Atlas is a collection of maps and/or charts
An ALMANAC is an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables.
An ENCYCLOPEDIA provides information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
A THESAURUS lists words in groups of synonyms and related concepts.
A DICTIONARY lists words and their meanings.
Research Databases
Research Databases
Proquest
Username: Ausdstudent
Password: Gradu@tion0!
SIRS
Username – NHYDLUT3FD
Password –R9@Z$USD
General reference database of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers.
Concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces around the world.
Ebook Central provides authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas along with powerful tools to find, use, and manage the information.
Pros and cons on 360+ (and growing) complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day.
Open Access Research Tools
Open Access Research Tools
Online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals
Scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources
Subject guides that pull together all types of information about a subject or course of study
The Library of Congress digital collections contain a wide variety of primary source materials such as correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, books, maps and images.
Academic journals, books, primary sources
Public Data and Statistics
Public Data and Statistics
US Government
United Nations
US Department of Education
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Current and Historical News Sources
Current and Historical News Sources
Headline news from a range of perspectives
Want a global perspective? Check out these international link.
Use Proquest login and pasword if needed.
Current US Daily Newspapers
Los Angeles Times,
New York Times,
Chicago Tribune,
Wall Street Journal,
Washington Post
(1980-current
Scanned news archive.
Search Engines and Directories
Search Engines and Directories
The "Big Four" Search Engines
The "Big Four" Search Engines
A powerful search engine. Very fast and easy.
Good directory organized according to subject and searchable by keyword.
Good for entertainment and travel.
Good for natural language searches. Q&A feature.
Other Search Engines
Other Search Engines
Every Web site in Sweet Search has been evaluated by research experts.
Meta search engine. Each search engine has its own method of searching and each will return different results. Dogpile looks at all of them, decides which are most relevant to your search, eliminates duplicates and reveals them to you.
Automatic categorization software. The results of a keyword search are clustered by category called clouds.
Gigablast is one of a handful of search engines in the United States that maintains its own searchable index of over a billion pages.
A Yahoo-powered search engine that donates money to your favorite charity or school each time you search the web. You must be signed-in to earn revenue for your chosen cause.
Fact Checking Sites
Fact Checking Sites
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