This guide is designed to introduce you to useful library resources in the research phase of your assignments.

Recommended Databases

A database is often the best place to start your research. You will find citations to journal, magazine, and newspaper articles in the library databases, frequently, you will find the full text of the article right in the database.

When searching in databases you will quickly find out that not everything is in full text. If you find just a citation (no electronic full text) click on the title of the article, and then the FIND IT button to determine if the article is in full text in another database, in our print journal collection on the fourth floor, or available for one dollar through interLibrary loan. If you have questions don't hesitate to contact the reference desk.

• OmniFILE FT Mega (Wilson)
  Description: Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text.
  Coverage: 1994 -
• CQ Researcher - 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. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports.
  
• Reader's Guide Full Text (Wilson)
  Description: Indexes and abstracts the periodicals most often found in school, public, and college libraries, as well as the New York Times.
  Coverage: 1983 -
• Reader's Guide Retrospective - Historical coverage of popular articles. Coverage: 1890-1982
  

• Academic Search Complete - Complete contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 titles. Academic Search Complete from EbscoHost contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.
  

To connect to these resources from off campus, when prompted you will need to enter your campus network username and password for each database. This is the same one you use to log onto the campus network or to check your UW-Green Bay e-mail from off campus.

Recommended Links

• Google Uncle Sam - Performs a Google search of only US government websites. This is a great place to look for reliable government information and statistics.
• Census.gov - The US Census Bureau website is a great place to find population and demographic information.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.