University-ONLY Databases

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* Select "Databases A - Z" for:


1. Academic (Lexis-Nexis) Full text and citation access to information in the reference, business, medical, and legal disciplines. Best source for getting full text of news stories from all around the world. Lexis-Nexis is the most commonly found database in U.S. newsrooms--become an expert with it now, while it's "free." Includes Pitt News, from 1998.

To limit search to college newswire:

Select "Guided News Search" tab.
Step One: University News.
Step Two: University Wire (or Chronicle of Higher Education).

CONGRESSIONAL: Federal Legislation.
REFERENCE: Biographies & Quotations, Country (Walden's) & State Profiles, Polls & Surveys.
STATE CAPITOL: Directories & Bill Tracking at the State Level.
STATISTICAL: Allows users to search summaries of statistical publications, then link to the full-text of selected publications on Statistical (Lexis-Nexis) and government Web sites. Statistical (Lexis-Nexis) provides online access to three important statistical indexes: the American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and the Index to International Statistics (IIS).


2. Academic Search Premier (via EBSCO) Scholarly collection provides journal coverage for most academic areas of study-including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and women's studies.

*CHECK THE BOX for "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" to obtain medical & other academic studies including primary source data and statistics.


3. Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) incorporates CommSearch produced by the National Communication Association and Mass Media Articles Index produced by Penn State.


4. Communication Abstracts provides coverage of recent literature in all areas of communication studies (mass, interpersonal and new communication technologies).


5. National Newspapers via ProQuest provides full text access to the following:

Christian Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Magazine
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post

Also provides a link to access the New York Times Historical database- full text (1851-2001).

*Clear current databases, select "Historical" & click CONTINUE.
*The "Advanced" search provides more room for detail.


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6. The CQ Researcher, founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, is your complete source for in-depth, analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day. Published by Congressional Quarterly, with its tradition of nonpartisan reporting and analysis, each CQ Researcher presents a balanced account of an issue on the public agenda. The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Searchable online from 1991, full-text PDF's from 1996, in color from 2001. We have 1946-1959 shelved as "Editorial Research Reports" in compact shelves, ground floor; 1960-1970 in 4th floor periodicals; 1971-2003 on Index carrel #12, ground floor--ASK AT THE DESK IF YOU CAN'T FIND ONE.