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Academic Search Complete  
Humanities, social sciences, news and events, sciences, policy -- mutli-disciplinary coverage of journals. Includes many full text articles.
America's Historical Newspapers  
Early American newspapers are a major primary source for American history. 1-3 provide unprecedented access to the nation's newspapers from 1690-1876. Series 1 covers 1690-1876, series 2 and 3 cover 1821-1876.
American State Papers  
Digitized and searchable edition of legislative and executive documents of Congress from 1789-1838.
ArtStor  
Digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching. Click the 'Go' button in the upper right hand corner of the screen to enter ArtStor.
Australasian Digital Theses Program  
Full text digitized Australian and New Zealand doctorate and masters theses from 1998.
Biographies Plus Illustrated  
Biographies and obitiuaries of over 46,000 individuals, searchable by name, date of birth, date of death, or country of origin.
Book Review Index  
Book review citations (and some full text) published in popular magazines and scholarly journals.
Books in Print (BIP)  
Search for books, video and audio materials in print, forthcoming and out of print. Includes a directory of 165,000 publishers.
Business Source Premier  
Full text and citations to articles on all aspects of business, company profiles, and country information.
Business Source Premier (Enhanced Business Searching Interface)  
Enhanced business searching interface for the Business Source Premier database.
Cambridge Journals Online  
full text scholarly journals in humanities, social sciences and sciences.
Chronicle of Higher Education  
Comprehensive access to all CHE online content from 1989 to the present.
Chronicling America  
US historic newspaper articles and descriptive information about the newspapers. Date coverage will expand over time.
Congressional Universe  
Citations and full text to U.S. legislative information, including bills and pending legislation, legislative history, hearings, testimony, reports, documents, Congressional Record, public laws, etc.
CQ Library  
Full text of CQ Weekly (bills, legislative action) and CQ Researcher (research reports on current issues).
CQ Researcher  
Full text of research reports on issues of behind legislation in the US Congress.
Criminal Justice Abstracts  
Citations to articles in scholarly journals. Topics: crime trends, prevention and deterrence, juveniles, police, courts, sentencing.
Daily Journal of Commerce  
The Daily Journal of Commerce has for more than a century been a key resource for the business and building leaders in the greater Portland, Oregon metro area.

Access restricted. Ask at Reference Desk for details about Web-based access at http://www.djcoregon.com.
Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI)  
Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI) is now titled Dissertation and Masters Theses.
Dissertations and Masters Theses  
Full text of dissertations from 1997- present; citations and abstracts for dissertations and masters theses. Dissertations from 1861 - present; selected thesis from 1962 - present
Early American Newspapers I, II, and III  
Early American newspapers are a major primary source for American history. 1-3 provide unprecedented access to the nation's newspapers from 1690-1876. Series 1 covers 1690-1876, series 2 and 3 cover 1821-1876.
EBSCOhost  
Humanities, social scienes, news and events, sciences, policy -- mutli-disciplinary coverage of journals; includes many full text articles.
Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003  
Full text from of the Economist, the British weekly newspaper focusing on business, international events and opinion.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online  
Full text of more than 150,000 important printed works published in the United Kingdom between 1701 and 1800, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit)  
Reports on country commerce, country finance, and doing business in various countries.
Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)  
Online full text compendium of twenty UNESCO-published disciplinary encyclopedias concerned with all aspects of sustainability.
Energy Information Administration (EIA)  
The Energy Information Administration (EIA), created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. Our mission is to provide policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.
Ethnic Newswatch  
Interdisciplinary database of newspapers, magazines and journals by ethnic, minority and native presses. Full Text. English and Spanish.
Foundation Directory Online  
The Foundation Center's database houses a collection of data on the entire universe of over 76,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities. Please visit the PSU Library Reference Desk for access information.
Gale's Academic OneFile  
A good starting point. Subjects covered include humanities, social sciences, news and events, sciences, policy -- mutli-disciplinary coverage of journals. Includes many full text articles.
Gender Studies Database  
combines Womens Studies International and Men's Studies databases. Citations to journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, governement reports, working papers, theses and dissertations. Covers publications from 1972-present.
Globus/NTDB. US Department of Commerce.  
Releases and data on the US economy and international trade.
GPO Monthly Catalog (MOCAT)  
Free version of the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT) contains most of the information available through the Federal Depository Library Program and is available for online searching as part of the GPO Access Federal Locator
GPO Monthly Catalog (OCLC FirstSearch version)  
U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments.
Historical Statistics of the United States - Millennial Edition  
U.S. demographic and economic statistics from colonial times to present.
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine  
The History of Science, Technology, and Medicine database provides access to articles, books, book reviews, dissertations, and conference proceedings in science, technology, and medicine.
Impact /ACCESS GDCS  
(Summary coming soon...)
InfoTrac General OneFile  
General popular magazine database with full text coverage of many magazines.
InfoTrac Newsstand  
Provides access to approximately 1,000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading international papers.
International Financial Statistics  
Financial and economic time series data for over 200 countries/areas. Back to 1948.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)  
Provides evaluation and comparison scores for scholarly and technical journals; provides impact factor, citation counts, citation frequency and duration information.
JSTOR  
Historical backfiles of full text articles from a selected number of major research journals.
Legal Collection  
Full-text scholarly articles covering all areas of law.
LexisNexis Academic Universe  
Full text sources, including: regional, national and international newspapers; business, legal, and medical publications; and government documents.
LGBT Life with Full Text  
Indexes worldwide literature regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transexual and transgender issues. Contains full-text for about one quarter of the indexed titles.
Military & Government Collection  
Full-text magazine and newspaper articles on national/international policy and politics, public administration, political science, international relationships, national and global security, law enforcement, and all branches of the military.
National Agricultural Statistical Service  
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture-production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)  
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Full-text access to approximately 240,000 government-sponsored technical reports from 1964 to 2000. Access restricted. Ask at Reference Desk for details on Web-based access at http://www.ntis.gov/FDLP/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2ffdlp%2fDefault.aspx
New York Times  
New York Times (Final NYC Edition) full text articles via Lexis Nexis Academic Universe.
New York Times Historical File (1851- 2001)  
Complete, searchable archive of the New York Times from 1851-2001 with full-page and article PDFs.
Newspaper Source  
Selected full text of regional, national, and international newspapers. Also contains television and radio news transcripts.
Northwest Digital Archives  
The Northwest Digital Archives provides information about archival collections at thirty-one archives in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center  
Controversial contemporary topic summaries providing overviews of the issues, description of aspects of the issue, and providing pro and con arguments for each side. Each title explores a specific issue by placing opinions in a pro/con format.
Oregon Index  
Citations to the Oregonian and other Oregon newspapers, 1988-present (various, per title).
Oregon Newspapers Index  
Currently website lists where to find indexing to Oregon newspapers statewide. A database of Oregonian and other Oregon newspapers articles citations will be available in 2006.
Oregonian  
Full text of Oregonian from 1987 - present.

*The full text of The Oregonian (1907-1922), is available in America's Historical Newspapers.
Oregonian Newspaper Index Search (1851-1987)   
Oregonian citations to articles published between 1851-1987.
Oxford English Dictionary  
The OED covers the history of the English Language. Contains word definitions, pronunciation, history, and language of origin.
Oxford Reference Online  
Full text subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference and handbooks in all disciplinary areas.
Pop Culture Universe: Icons | Idols | Ideas (PCU)  
full text library of reference books on all aspects of American popular culture.
Sage eReference  
Full text of 81 encyclopedias and reference books in the social sciences and humanities published by Sage Reference. Can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic.
Sage Journals Online  
full text scholarly journals in social sciences, business, humanities, science, technology and medicine. Coverage 1999 - present
Science.gov  
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies including research and development results.
SourceOECD  
OECD's Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals.
Ulrichs International Periodicals Directory  
(Summary coming soon...)
US Congress. Congressional Serial Set.  
Searchable, full text database of the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from 1817-1980.
US Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service  
The Economic Research Service is a primary source of economic information and research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture... ERS conducts a research program to inform public and private decisionmaking on economic and policy issues involving food, farming, natural resources, and rural development.
US Department of Agriculture. Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS).  
The system contains nearly 2500 reports and datasets. These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Available titles include both current and historical data. Many of the current titles are available via email subscription.
US Department of Agriculture. National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS)  
NASS publishes U.S., state, and county level agricultural statistics for many commodities and data series.
US Department of Commerce. Census Bureau.  
Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
US Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)  
NCES is the "primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
US Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)  
Rich source of information about America’s health. As the Nation’s principal health statistics agency, [NCHS] compile statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of [US Citizens].
US Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Applied Studies  
SAMHSA's Office of Applied Statistics (OAS) provides the latest national data on (1) alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drug abuse, (2) drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and (3) the nation's substance abuse treatment system.
US Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD User.  
HUD USER provides interested researchers with access to the original electronic data sets generated by PD&R sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
US Department of the Interior. Geodata.gov (Geospatial One-Stop)  
Geodata.gov is a geographic information system (GIS) portal, also known as the Geospatial One-Stop (GOS), that serves as a public gateway for improving access to geospatial information and data under the Geospatial One-Stop E-Government initiative.
US General Services Administration. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance  
The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally -recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.
Wall Street Journal Online  
Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) full text articles 1984-present. Does not include stock quotes or classified ads.
Web of Science  
Citation searching across thousands of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the arts & humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
World Development Indicators (WDI) Online  
time series data on 700 development indicators for 208 countries and 18 country groups since 1960.
World News Connection   
International newsmedia publications translated into English.
WorldCat (FirstSearch interface)  
The WorldCat database contains more than 43 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. WorldCat contains records for books, journals, musical scores, maps, videotapes, and more.
WorldCat + Summit  
The Summit Regional Catalog, embedded in the WorldCat interface, is useful for locating and requesting materials near you. Please Note: Non-Summit libraries may have special requirements -- check with the individual library about its lending policies before you visit it in person.
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