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articles & more information from journals, newspapers, online reference resources

SUBJECT: General Undergraduate Research

Recommended starting places

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
(article index)
A large academic multi-disciplinary database providing indexing for over 8,000 journals and full text for nearly 4,700 (including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals). PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for some journals.

CQ Researcher
(article index, reference resource)
1991-present. Each week, offers an in-depth exploration of an issue in the news. Includes CQ Global Researcher, offering coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
(reference resources, encyclopedias)
A database of specialized encyclopedias and other reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)
(article index, reference resource)
Provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles about various social issues.

Oxford Reference Online
(reference resources, dictionaries and encyclopedias)
A collection of over 100 subject specific reference sources and dictionaries from Oxford University Press.

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Google Scholar
(article index, e-books, free non-subscription resource)
Google Scholar, currently in development, searches for scholarly materials (peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles) from sources such as academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, and universities.

NoodleBib
(reference resource)
Create APA and MLA style reference or source lists. PLEASE NOTE: To use NoodleBib from off campus, a user name and password are required. The user name and password list is online; click on User Names and Passwords, then enter your name and UNC ID number to see the list (see page 2).

Readers' Guide Retrospective (WilsonWeb)
(article index)
1890-1982. Contains indexing of popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada.

Windows Live Academic Search
(article index, free non-subscription resource)
Windows Live Academic lets you search academic journals and content for article titles, author names article abstracts, and conference proceedings. (currently in beta version)

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