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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier searches thousands of scholarly journals in all disciplines, and is a good place to begin research on almost any topic.
California Language Archive (Native American Languages) This link opens in a new window
A catalog and online archive of the indigenous languages of California, western North America, and the Americas.
Essay & General Literature Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Essay & General Literature provides citations to essays, articles and other works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. This database covers the years between 1900 through 1984.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Search the tables of contents or full text of selected reference books in business, education, the environment, medicine biology, and the social sciences.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Searchable full text of articles from selected scholarly journals in fields including anthropology, ecology, economics, education, history, language and literature, life sciences, mathematics, music, performing arts, philosophy, political sciences, sociology, statistics, and more. No current issues available; generally excludes last two to five years. Historical coverage varies; JSTOR generally includes journals back through their inception (pre-1950 in many cases).
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
This database is an international index of books and journals. Covers modern languages, literature, linguistics, and folklore.
ProQuest Social Science Journals This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Social Science Journals is a definitive resource for those who need access to a variety of social science journals.
World Digital Library (WDL) This link opens in a new window
The World Digital Library (WDL) contains digital images of significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

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