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- Literature Resource Center (Gale)This literature database offers a wide range of authors and their works including a deep collection of full-text critical and literary analysis. The database contains more than 160,000 complete entries from two award-winning series "Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography" for in-depth biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information on authors lives and works.
- ProQuest Central
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This is a multidisciplinary collection of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and other sources.
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- CQ Researcher and CQ Global Researcher
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A collection of in-depth and fact-checked reports on pressing domestic and international issues. Covers 1923-present. - Google Scholar
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Multidisciplinary scholarly search engine. Covers peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities, and other scholarly organizations. Includes links to USU resources when on campus. - Global NewstreamFull-text access to US and international news sources. Includes coverage of The New York Times and The Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires.
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- Library Catalog
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- Government Data & StatisticsFind data and statistics from U.S. government agencies about various topics- including business, economics, education, health, and immigration. It also includes access to Data.gov, a centralized location for open government data.
- Encyclopedias & DictionariesGather background information from various general and specialized reference books, including dictionaries and encyclopedias.
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