Seton Hall University Libraries A-Z Databases

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The most frequently-used databases

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Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary database designed specifically for academic institutions. With a large collection of peer-reviewed full-text journals, the database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.

Credo Reference

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Provides background information from over 4000 academic reference sources and create mindmaps for your research topic. Access this link https://library.shu.edu/ld.php?content_id=56141107 to view 200+ ebook titles.

Global issues in Context

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Not a pro and con database, Global Issues in Context ties together sources to present a rich analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural - and headlines in world hot spots. It provides information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

Global Issues in Context focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues. It also includes detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies and, International periodicals and news sources that bring additional insight and currency.

LexisNexis University (formerly LexisNexis Academic)

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Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790 in a new, intuitive interface.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)

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Covers today’s hottest social issues, from offshore drilling to climate change, health care to immigration. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes.

ProQuest Databases (Multi-disciplinary database)

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Multi-disciplinary full-text database that searches: ABI/INFORM; Dissertations & Theses; Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW); GenderWatch (GW); Hoover's Company Records; Education Journals; Health Management; ProQuest Newspapers; Nursing & Allied Health Source; Psychology Journals; Social Science Journals.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Slavery and Anti-Slavery: Debates Over Slavery and Abolition (Gale)

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Debates over Slavery and Abolition sheds light on the abolitionist movement, the conflicts within it, the anti- and pro-slavery arguments of the period, and the debates on the subject of colonization. It explores all facets of the controversial topic, with a focus on economic, gender, legal, religious, and government issues.

Women’s Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide (Gale Primary Sources)

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Gale's Women's Studies Archive is an essential source for researchers working in Women's History, Gender Studies and Social History by providing the opportunity to witness female perspectives. Focusing on the evolution of feminism throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the archive provides materials on women's political activism, such as suffrage, birth control, pacifism, civil rights, and socialism, and on women's voices, from female-authored literature to women's periodicals.