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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, & Almanacs
Credo Reference (Credo Reference)
Search over 400 reference titles using Credo. [more info]
Articles (from journals)
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
The resources listed in this section are all good places to find magazines and journals.  If you need to find scholarly articles (sometimes called "peer-reviewed" or "refereed") each of these has a limiter that can limit your search to just scholarly journals.  [more info]
Campus/Remote
WilsonWeb OmniFile (HW Wilson)

In addition to providing scholarly journals and popular magazines for all subjects, this resource provides especially good coverage of the humanities and social sciences.

[more info]
Campus/Remote
Books / Book Chapters
LEO Library Catalog (JMU)
This is the place to find out what books, videos, and other materials can be found in the library.  You will need to record the "Call Number" and "Location" for any book that interests you.  If you are looking for journals, please use Periodical Locator [more info]
Internet
WorldCat (OCLC)
Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
News Articles
Access World News (Readex)
Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources. [more info]
Campus/Remote
LexisNexis Academic
This resource's interface will be updated in late December. To view the changes, please click here.

Full text for thousands of national newspapers, with some international coverage.

[more info]
Campus/Remote
Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools
CheckCite
Check your citation style for papers and speeches [more info]
Articles (from magazines)
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
The resources listed in this section are all good places to find magazines and journals.  If you need to find scholarly articles (sometimes called "peer-reviewed" or "refereed") each of these has a limiter that can limit your search to just scholarly journals.  [more info]
Campus/Remote
WilsonWeb OmniFile (HW Wilson)

In addition to providing scholarly journals and popular magazines for all subjects, this resource provides especially good coverage of the humanities and social sciences.

[more info]
Campus/Remote
Reference Information
Facts.com Reference Suite (Facts On File News Services)
Facts and overviews of historic events and issues since 1940. Content includes full text articles, essays... [more info]
Campus/Remote
American Decades (Gale)
Online reference book chronicles American events, people, and places for each decade [more info]
Campus/Remote
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection (Oxford University Press)
Database of full-text scholarly reference books on all subjects... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Best Bets
Facts.com Reference Suite (Facts On File News Services)
Facts and overviews of historic events and issues since 1940. Content includes full text articles, essays... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)
Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues... [more info]
Campus/Remote
CQ Press Electronic Library (CQ Press)
A great place to search on any current or historical issues that have come up before Congress.  CQ is an organization that writes both weekly reports and longer analyses. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Issues & Controversies (Facts On File News Services)
Full text analysis of opposing viewpoints for more than 600 controversial topics in the news... [more info]
Campus/Remote
  
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