Finding Books
Use NUcat (the
online catalog) to identify books that the library has, as well
as journal titles, videos, and other catalogued
material.
WorldCat is combined catalog for libraries around the world. Use
the 'ILL' button to request books. We'll send you an e-mail with
they come in.
Article Databases
Use databases to find articles in journals, magazines and newspapers.
You can find the databases
by subject or title from the library's
home page.
When searching article databases,
use this button to find the full article.
- If we have access to online full-text in any of our databases
it will link to it.
- If we don't have full-text online but have a print copy on
our shelves it will give you the call number.
- If we don't have an electronic or paper copy it will link to
an interlibrary loan request form so we can get it for you.
General / Multidisciplinary Databases
Academic OneFile
A collection of full-text articles in HTML and PDF format from more than 8000 journals and magazines with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subject; intended primarily for academic researchers.
Academic
Search Premier
Multidisciplinary coverage of journal literature, including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and women\'s studies.
JSTOR (Scholarly journals, all full text. Recent 3-5 years
not included)
Specialized Databases
Econlit
Citations and selected abstracts to articles from more than 400 economics journals.
International Political Science Abstracts
Major journals in political science, public law, international public law, and international relations are covered.
PAIS
A bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the
social sciences in general.
Legaltrac
Citations with abstracts to more than 800 legal publications
Sociological Abstracts
Citations and abstracts of articles in sociology journals and related fields.
Psycinfo
Citations and abstracts to articles in psychology and related disciplines.
News Databases
LexisNexis
Academic
Full text articles from several thousand
news, legal and business publications.
Note: The New
York Times full text is available from 1980 to current.
The Washington
Post is available from 1977 to current.
LexisNexis Academic also
includes legal research literature. Log in and click on the Legal
segment.
Chicago
Tribune
Full text articles from 1985 to current.
Los Angeles Times
Full text articles from 2006 to current
Selected Reference and Background Sources
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Encyclopedia of North American immigration / John Powell.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) L 304.87003 P884e
Atlas of North America / H.J. de Blij, editor ; [cartography by Philip’s].
MAIN Reference (Atlas case) (Non-circulating) 912.7 A881
The Oxford handbook of political economy / edited by Barry R. Weingast and Donald A. Wittman.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 330 O987
Need Help?
If something doesn't work right, or if you can't find what you
need, get in touch with the Library's Reference Librarians. Call
us at 491-7656, email us at refdept@northwestern.edu,
or connect with us real-time through Answers
Online.
Jeannette Moss
Reference Department
Email: j-moss@northwestern.edu
Office phone: 847.491-2169
Reference desk phone: 847.491.7656 |
