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Logo: American Icons - Library Resources - The Ohio State University Libraries Marti Alt, General Humanities Bibliographer, 228 Main Library, Phone: 688-8655 * Related OSU Library Collections General Resources * Bibliographies and Online Catalogs * Indexes * Onlinw Books Journals *Web Sites * Research Tips Comparative Studies Resources Menu Logo of American Icons Library Resources, The Ohio State University

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Related OSU Library Collections

Black Studies Library (BSL)

Cartoon Research Library

The Charvat Collection of American Fiction

The Education, Human Ecology, Psychology, and Social Work Library

English, Theater and Communications Reading Room (ETC)

Fine Arts Library (FIN)

History, Political Science and Philosophy Reading Room (HIS)

Journalism Library (JOU)

Latin American, Spanish, and Portuguese Library Collection (LAT)

Main Library (MAIN)

Music/Dance Library (MUS)

Main Library Reference Room (MAINRef)

Theatre Research Institute (TRI)

Women's Studies Library (WMN)

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General Resources

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (10th Edition)

American Heritage Dictionary

Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition

Contemporary Authors

Encyclopedia.com

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

The Oxford English Dictionary

yourDictionary.com 

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Bibliographies and Online Catalogs

OSCAR   Ohio State University Libraries' online catalog

Office of Informational Technology Educational Media Catalog

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Indexes

Academic Universe (Lexis/Nexis)

America: History and Life

American Film Institute Catalog

American National Biography 

ArticleFirst

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

(ATLA) Religion Index

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (1980-Present)

Biography Index

Book Review Digest (1983-Present)

Contemporary Authors

Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-Present)

Ethnic NewsWatch (1992-Present)

GenderWatch (1970's-Present)

Historical Abstracts (1964-Present)

Humanities Abstracts (1984-Present)

International Index to Black Periodicals (1910-Present)

MLA International Bibliography (1963-Present)

Music Index (1643-1940)

Periodical Abstracts (1986-Present)

Periodicals Contents Index (PCI Web) (1986-Present)

Social Issues Researcher (SIRS)

Social Sciences Abstracts via WebSPIRS (1983-Present)

Social Sciences Citation Index (Early 1900's-Present)

Sociological Abstracts (1963-Present)

Studies on Women Abstracts Z7962 .S78

Women’s Resources International (1972-Present)

Women Studies Abstracts  (also Z7962 .W65)

Women's Studies Index  Z7962 .W74

World Biographical Index Contains about 2.4 million short biographical entries for eminent individuals who lived in North and South America, as well as other areas.

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Online Books

NetLibrary- books available to browse, view, search, and check-out online

The Online Books Page

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Journals

OSCAR To search for all serials (journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, etc.), subject "Web version", then "All serials".
To search for electronic journals only, select "Web version", then "Web E-journals".         

EJC (Electronic Journal Center)

The On-Line Books Page: Serials (OhioLINK)

JSTOR

Research Tips

How can you tell scholarly journals from popular magazines and trade journals?

What is a scholarly journal? Minneapolis Community and Technical College

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Web Sites

American Studies Web

Library of Congress American Memory Project

WorldCat

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Research Tips

Information Literacy Tutorial

The Research Paper and the World Wide Web by Dawn Rodrigues and Raymond J. Rodrigues. The 1997 (1st) and 2000 (2nd) editions each have different valuable information Homepage provides companion information

Research Strategies by William Badke
Online revision of The Survivor’s Guide to Library Research. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.

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