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Multidisciplinary Databases

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The following databases index journals, theses, book chapters and other resources in a wide variety of subjects.

For more multidisciplinary resources see News, Reference and Government Documents.

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Core Databases and Indexes

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Info	Title		# Users	Access Restrictions
	Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)			On & Off Campus
	Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)			On & Off Campus
	Encyclopaedia Britannica Online			On & Off Campus
	Global Reference Center			On & Off Campus
	LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)			On & Off Campus
	Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection			On & Off Campus

To search for a specific journal, use the A-Z Journal List.

Related Databases and Indexes

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Title	# Users	Access Restrictions
Access Newspaper Archive		Special
Audiobooks		Special
Computing Reviews		On & Off Campus
CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly)		On & Off Campus
Dissertations and Theses - A&I ‡ (ProQuest)		On & Off Campus
Fuente Academica (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
Google Scholar		On & Off Campus
LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index (LexisNexis)		On & Off Campus
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
Readers' Guide Retrospective (WilsonWeb)	12	On & Off Campus
TOPICsearch (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
WorldCat (FirstSearch)		On & Off Campus

To search for a specific journal, use the A-Z Journal List.

Reference Books

The following are selected resources for multidisciplinary research.

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Info	Title		# Users	Access Restrictions
	Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost)			On & Off Campus
	Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac)			On & Off Campus
	General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac)			On & Off Campus
	Library Catalog Check here for other books in the Library			Unrestricted
	Oxford English Dictionary Online			On & Off Campus

Web Sites

INFOMINE: INFOMINE is a special database that searches for Web site and documents that most search engines miss, primarily Web pages and documents on university Web sites. This database is developed and maintained by the Library of the University of California, Riverside.

Internet Public Library: Collects and organizes web sites into categories commonly found in a library, including Subject Collections, Ready Reference, Reading Room, KidSpace, TeenSpace and Special Collections. The database of links and annotations is searchable or browsable.

Librarians' Internet Index: Collected and annotated by librarians, this site contains a searchable database of high quality Web sites. To find a Web site, browse the available topics or use the search box.

Librarians

Bibliographer for the General Collection	Multidisciplinary Reference Librarians
Sandra Shropshire Associate University Librarian for Collection & Technical Services (208) 282-2671 shrosand@isu.edu	Anyone who works at the reference desk should be able to get you started. Check here for the hours the desk is staffed. You can also call us at (208) 282-3152 or email us via Ask a Librarian. For more information about the reference staff see the directory.

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