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Here are a few tips and tools to help you find useful information via Google.
When searching Google, you can use the <site:> command to target specific types of websites.
For example, if you wanted to limit your search to just government information, you could search:
<trade policy site:.gov>
If you wanted to limit your search to results from a specific website, you could search:
<trade policy site:nytimes.com> or <trade policy site:foxnews.com>
Using <site:> in multiple tabs allows you to compare different sources.
Although many of these resources provide citation tools, these tools are often problematic. See a Librarian if you have any questions regarding the accurate citation of sources.
Why search here? Good starting point when researching topics that intersect with multiple disciplines.
Content type: Scholarly articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, trade journal articles
Coverage dates: 1887-present; varies by title
Gale Academic OneFile has over 8,000 peer-reviewed journals, the majority in full-text, from the world's leading journals and reference sources. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
Provides full-text access to differing points of view on current social issues. Brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazine articles, as well as links to more than 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed websites.
Why search here? Good for succinct overviews of a wide variety of subjects and topics, provided through reference articles drawn from encyclopedias and other reference sources.
Content type: Encyclopedia articles, biographical information, dictionary entries, videos, images
Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
Essays on controversial issues to develop debates or be a starting point in writing a position paper.
Why search here? Register for an account to access the the entirety of the newspaper's articles and web content online and in their mobile apps.
Content type: Newspaper articles, videos, games, recipes
Coverage dates: 1851-present
Register using your USCA email account. Entitles users to WSJ app also.
Why search here? Good for finding historical and current articles from newspapers and news sources across the U.S., including smaller regional and local newspapers.
Content type: Newspaper articles, broadcast transcripts, newswires
Coverage dates: 1700s-present
Why search here? Search here for comprehensive coverage of news and current events, government, business, medical, and legal topics, as well as general reference information.
Content type: Newspaper articles, trade journal articles, broadcast transcripts, financial reports, federal and state case law, medical abstracts, corporate profiles
Coverage dates: 1980-present
Gale OneFile: News provides access to more than 3,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. It includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts, and transcripts. The resource allows users to translate articles into more than 40 different languages, create email alerts, and customize search options and results format
The Christian Science Monitor offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.