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Academic Search Complete, Indexing and full-text, dates of coverage vary by title (many 1975-present).
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| This interdisciplinary scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study, including: sciences, social sciences, arts & literature, ethnic studies, and many more. Full-text for over 6,100 titles (5,100 peer-reviewed); indexing and abstracting for 10,600 titles; complete historical coverage and citation searching for select titles. |
| Research Library Periodicals |
| Search over 2,700 periodicals for information on a broad range of general reference subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. |
| Wilson OmniFile Full-Text: Select, 1994 - present |
| A full-text database of almost 2000 periodical publications, including coverage of the sciences, humanities, education & other social sciences, business and information science. |
| Readers' Guide Retrospective, index, 1890-1982 |
| Historic coverage of popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, with extensive indexing of 375 titles and links to search for full-text. |
| MasterFILE Premier, Full text. 1975-present, varies by title.
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| Full text for nearly 1,950 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines. Also includes book reviews, images, primary source docs, and much more. More general/popular in nature than Academic Search Premier. |
| Project Muse Basic College Collection, 1995 - present. Starting date may vary by title |
| Current full-text coverage of 100+ scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines, including literature, history, the arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. |
| Alternative Press Index |
| International coverage in nearly 300 alternative, radical and left sources in the humanities and social sciences. |
| GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, July, 1976- present |
| An index to all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional hearings and agency publications. Penfield is a Selective Federal Depository. |
| WorldCat, covers time period from the oldest to the most recent library holdings
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| Database created from the online catalogs of books, media and other materials located in many libraries worldwide. (This is NOT AN INDEX FOR ARTICLES). Use to identify titles that you may be able to borrow through Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD). |
| Title Source III, current bibliographic acquisitions information |
| Identifies over 2.4 million book, audio and video titles. Includes many full-text reviews from recent years for sources including Library Journal, CHOICE, and Publishers Weekly. |
| Ingenta Search Alerts |
| Formerly provided by CARL Uncover, now merged with Ingenta, provide personalized (registration required) up-to-date information on articles when they become available online. |
Use these sources to focus your topic, build a vocabulary, and find additional sources as you begin your research.
| CQ Researcher, 1991 - present. |
| Excellent background and analysis of recent national and international issues in the news. Includes CQ Global Researcher |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) |
| A collection of 100+ reference titles available in full-text electronically. Search the entire collection, or search selected titles using "advanced search." |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica Online |
| Reference Resources |
| An online collection of general reference resources, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, directories, statistics and much more. |
Use Penfield's library catalog to find print and online books and government documents, CDs, DVDs, and more. If the library catalog does not have what you need, use WorldCat or the SUNYConnect Union Catalog to identify titles that you might borrow through our interlibrary loan service (ILLIAD).
These quality Internet resources have been selected by the librarian specializing in this discipline.
Use the library catalog to determine whether Penfield Library owns the book or journal you need. Please also check the list of available e-journals. If the Library does not own the material, or if the material is not available, you may request it online through our interlibrary loan service(ILLIAD)