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Subject Guide for General Knowledge

 

article linker Check Article Linker for online
journal access and A-to-Z listings
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Journal titles in Library databases (A to Z list)

 

Journal titles in Library databases (subject list)

 

General Knowledge

 

Arts & Science, also Liberal Studies

 

Business & Information Management, including International Studies and Sport Management

 

Education & Human Services, including Environmental Studies & Education and Pastoral Studies

 

Nursing & Health Sciences, including Athletic Training and Physical Therapy


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RefWorks RefWorks

RefWorks is a powerful Online Research Management Tool that allows students and faculty
to import citations from any of our databases and even the web into their own personal citation database. Citations are stored online and can be organized into folders, searched, and inserted directly into Microsoft Word documents. RefWorks will even help you format bibliography and
entire research paper into popular formats like APA or MLA styles. Neumann students and faculty should create their own individual accounts and then view the helpful tutorial.

 

General Knowledge Databases

General Knowledge Internet Resources

 

 

EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier

General, multidisciplinary. Full-text access to almost 4,000 scholarly periodicals.

 

 

Britannica Online Encyclopaedia Britannica

General. Over 100,000 articles, constantly updated. Also, access to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus

 

 

Find Articles

General. LookSmart's free database of over 500 popular magazines, academic journals, trade publications, and directories. (Note: Adding the word bibliography or the word references to your search terms will help you find the academic articles. Sorting the results by length: longest to shortest will also help.)

 

 

FirstSearch First Search

General, multidisciplinary. Includes ArticleFirst, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, and Electronic Collections Online (ECO), with abstracts of over 20 million articles and conference papers. Includes full-text access to World Almanac publications and Funk and Wagnall's New Encyclopedia. Also includes OCLC interfaces to ERIC, the GPO Monthly Catalog, and MEDLINE.

 

 

Google Scholar

Google Scholar "searches across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations." Searches in Google Scholar return results without most of the commercial websites that fill normal web searches. Using this link allows Google to recognize you as a Neumann student and will link out to full-text articles in our subscription databases.

 

 

GPO Access

General, Political Science. The Government Printing Office's free database of federal publications in all areas of interest.

 

 

JSTOR

Multidisciplinary. Full-text access to back issues of scholarly journals in business, education, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences.

 

 

LexisNexis Academic

General. Full-text access to newspapers, business resources, legal resources, medical news, and more.

 

 

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

Dissertations and Theses. The database is the definitive guide to more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses.

 

 

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times 1851-2003

Historical Newspapers The database includes full-text and full-image access to the The New York Times from 1851-2003. This is a crucial research tool for History, Political Science and other humanities and Social science fields. Contents include all of the articles, photographs, advertisements, reviews, cartoons, and editorials that appeared in the printed newspaper.

 

 

ProQuest Religion

Religion. Full-text access to almost 100 scholarly religion periodicals.

 

 

netLibrary SEPCHe-Books

General. Full-text access to hundreds of academic reference books and thousands of classic texts.

 

 

FirstSearch WorldCat

General. OCLC Online Union Catalog, a joint catalog of thousands of libraries, including over 53 million books and other items.

A-Z list HELP

EBSCO A-to-Z® Quick Start Guide

 

Citation & Style Guides

General. Guides to APA style, MLA style, and other citation formats.

 

 

Consumer Health Information on the Internet

General, Nursing & Health Sciences. Information on assessing the quality of websites and on consumer health.

 

 

Local Libraries

General. A directory of libraries in Delaware, New Jersey, and southeastern Pennsylvania, with links to their online catalogs and notes on what they have to offer.

 

 

News Resources on the Internet

General, International Studies. News services and online newspapers in English, French, Italian, and Spanish; also links to directories of worldwide online newspapers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please feel free to contact the Library at any time by calling 610-558-5545 or via e-mail at library@neumann.edu.

 


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