Choice reviews the best new books and digital content in academia. Any Cal U patron can sign up for personalized services (Saved Search Strategies, My Lists, My Monthly Reviews, and My Profile). Click on the "Login" link, then on the "Create Account" button.
CINAHL is the premier resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. Visit the CINAHL Support Center for help, guides, tutorials, etc. (EBSCO)
Full-text reviews of health care interventions and treatment plans for health care providers and patients. Reports are full-text and updated quarterly. Most include a literature review of research on that treatment and statistical evidence.
This comprehensive Communication Studies resource covers communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies, and related fields. (EBSCO)
Profiles on more than 30 million public and private companies. Includes general corporate information, subsidiary data, legal disputes, and government filings. (Westlaw)
The full text of the Congressional Record from 1985 to present. This is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. (Westlaw)
Information regarding testimony provided in hearings before U.S. congressional committees. Includes: agendas, witness lists, transcripts of oral statements, and the written statements submitted to various committees of Congress. There is extensive coverage from 1996 to the present (with selected coverage from 1993 to 1996). (Westlaw)
Counseling and Therapy in Video provides a large online collection of video for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. View real counseling sessions to see various therapies in action. (Alexander Street Press)
Search ALL of our CQ Press resources to find legislative and public policy. Useful for: social work, political science, journalism, communications, and current issues research. HINT: Although you can search each CQ resource separately, using this link to search all of them at once is usually better.
Get in-depth, non-biased reports on today's important issues (or use the archives for past issues, back to 1923!). Each lengthy report covers a single topic, and includes a bibliography.
Find weekly reports covering the legislative activity of the U.S. Congress. Get a complete wrap up of the previous week's news, including the status of bills, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates, and roll-call votes. (Formerly called: CQ Weekly)
Use this link to search across four databases: Academic Search Complete, SocINDEX with Full Text, International Security & Counter-Terrorism Reference Center, and Legal Collection.
This PDF document provides "A Basic Guide to Policy Considerations." Produced by the Association of American Universities, the Association of Research Libraries, the Association of American University Presses, and the Association of American Publishers.
This guide addresses difficult copyright questions and provides guidelines and resources to help academic institutions ensure copyright compliance campus-wide. From the Copyright Clearance Center.
A free, public repository of reviewed and annotated images, videos, and animations of cells from a variety of organisms, showcasing cell architecture, intracellular functionalities, and both normal and abnormal processes. Sponsored by the ASCB.
"The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy."
The "Home of PA Work Stats" for Pennsylvania's job seekers, employers, education and training providers, counselors, news media, and workforce professionals.
The Central Intelligence Agency works at "coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and correlating, evaluating, and disseminating intelligence which affects national security."
A collection of public-domain materials useful for theological research. Since most of the works are older, historical items, the site will be more helpful for those doing historical studies or seeking primary documents.
This site provides access to the Early Church Fathers, a 38 volume collection of the writings of the Ante-Nicene, Nicene, and Post-Nicene Fathers.
"The Factbook is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities." A good source for demographic, political, and economic information from the Central Intelligence Agency.
CIOS offers a range of resources relating to communications studies. Although ComAbstracts and Journal Index are not available to Cal U patrons, CIOS offers other, free, resources that you may find helpful.
This is a helpful collection of links describing how to cite print and electronic sources using APA, MLA, Turabian, Chicago, and other styles. From Concordia University in Montreal.
Type your citation information and this site will display a citation formatted according to APA, MLA, Chicago, or Turabian format. Very useful--but not perfect! Check your results!. Access to this site is sometimes very slow or problematic.
This guide discusses how to cite printed and electronic resources in APA style (5th ed.). From the Center for Writing Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
How do you cite an ERIC document or other materials found in the ERIC education database? ERIC's own recommendations make it easy! Click on "Citing Materials Indexed in ERIC" in the left-hand menu.
Covers APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian styles. Provides explanations on in-text citations and assembling your bibliography. From Duke University libraries.
Describes what plagiarism is--and how to avoid it. Use the links in the box on the right to find helpful discussions on: Warning Signs, What to Cite, and How to Cite. From Duke University libraries.
This site makes statistical data on college affordability, diversity, and student success easy to find, compare, and analyze. Search by college, state, topic, and more. From the Institute for College Access & Success.
Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. Includes: legislation activity, Public Laws, U.S. Code, appropriations, member information, and more.
This authoritative source contains legal analysis and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, based primarily on Supreme Court case law. This regularly updated resource is useful when researching the constitutional implications of a specific issue or topic.
Quick access to the U.S. Code, Title 17, which establishes copyright law. Includes updates alerting to changes in the law. From the U.S. Copyright Office.
A nicely developed policy on the use of copyrighted works in education and research. Covers copyright in general and fair use issues. From the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
Handy access to basic Federal Government documents, including: Bill of Rights, Constitution, U.S. Code, Federal Budget, economic indicators, etc. Documents are checked to ensure their accuracy.
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations for countries and areas of the world. From the U.S. Dept. of State.
