Finding a Book Chapter
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WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch Legacy Interface--requires signon from off-campus)WorldCat legacy version using the FirstSearch interface. Comprehensive database of books, journals, and media owned by libraries world-wide. Requires signon from off-campus.
Finding a Law Review Journal Article
To find a Law Review on your topic, click on the "Advanced Options" below the main search box. Make sure that you leave the Law Review option checked, and click Apply.
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Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new windowOffers more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790 across all content types.
Databases for Human Development and Family Studies
Specialized subject databases sometimes contain articles not found in Search Everything or General Databases.
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Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowFeatures full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press with titles dating from 1990. Contains about 2 million articles from more than 300 publications with both national and regional coverage.
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Family Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new windowAbstracts related to family studies, including families, marriage, divorce, and family therapy. Contains over 50,000 records.
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GenderWatch This link opens in a new windowOffers authoritative historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women. Coverage is from 1970 to the present.
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PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 100,000 searchable full text articles from 48 journals published by the American Psychological Association from 1894 to the present.
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Psychology & Behavioral Sciences CollectionA comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
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PsycINFO 1887-Current This link opens in a new windowLiterature in psychology and related disciplines from 1887 - present. Links to full text articles in other databases.
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SocINDEX with Full TextProvides full-text for over 850 journals as well as abstracts for about 1,300 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. In addition, this database provides indexing from more than 450 "priority" coverage journals and about 2,000 "selective" coverage journals. Contains extensive indexing for books/monographs (with about 850 available full-text), conference papers, and other non-periodical content sources. Also includes searchable cited references.
Finding Nonprofit and Government Websites
You can search for Government websites related to family policy by typing the name of your topic into a Search Engine, along with site:gov. Combine the two with AND.
For example:
"child support" AND site:gov
To find a Nonprofit website related to your topic, type in your topic into a Search Engine along with "non-profit". Combine the two with AND.
For example:
"child support" AND "non profit"
Research Help
Librarians are available to help you in several ways:
- Visit the Research Help Desk in Milne Library, located on your left after you enter the first floor through the main entrance or through Jazzman's Cafe.
- Call the Research Help Desk at Milne Library at 436-2722. If the librarian is busy, you can leave a message on voice mail.
- E-mail a question to a Milne librarian & get a response within 48 hours.
- Request a research consultation to meet individually with a librarian.