Resources: Secondary Sources

FINDING SECONDARY SOURCES

Select Databases for General Information
- Credo Reference
  - Over 600 reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries (English and foreign language), thesauri, books of quotations, as well as a range of subject-specific reference books.
- Gale eBooks
  - Diversity and Small Business collection titles include: African American Almanac, African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience, Business Plans Handbook vols. 1-12, Cities of the United States, Cities of the World, Countries and Their Cultures, Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook, Gale E-Commerce Sourcebook, Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources, and Who's Who Among African Americans. Numerous encyclopedias and Eyewitness travel guides are also available.
- Oxford Reference Online
  - Art & architecture, biological sciences, classics, computing, earth & environmental Sciences, economics & business, food & drink, history, law, literature, medicine, military history, mythology & folklore, names & places, performing arts, physical sciences & mathematics, politics & social sciences, quotations, religion & philosophy, & science.
- SAGE Knowledge
  - Sociology, social work, multicultural and gender studies, political science, psychology, anthropology, criminal justice, health & medicine.

For a list of additional dictionaries and encyclopedias access the list via the databases page:

The following databases provide articles from journals on multiple subjects:
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

Multi-subject. Animal science, anthropology, archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, history, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women’s studies, & zoology.

Google Scholar
- Multi-subject resources from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities & other scholarly organizations
JSTOR

JOURNAL ARTICLES (Subject-specific)

To search articles from subject specific journals like Education you should search a subject specific database. To locate a list of databases for a specific subject on the Databases page select the subject menu.