Encyclopedia Articles
Gale eBooks
Selected dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference books in many subjects. Newspapers
ProQuest News & NewspapersNews articles from U.S. newspapers. Includes the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, and more.
General Purpose Databases
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
Articles in all subjects from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. An all-purpose database and often a good place to start. Academic OneFile (Gale)
Articles in all subjects from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. An all-purpose database.
Current Issues Database
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
Topic overviews, opinion articles, and additional sources on social, economic, and political issues. Even more databases...
Article Databases by SubjectAll of the library's online collections, organized by subject.
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Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
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APA Formatting and Style Guide (OWL at Purdue)
APA (American Psychological Association) is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 6th edition of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.