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Best Bets

• Academic Search Complete
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context
• Issues & Controversies

Don't see what you're looking for? Try one of the links below.

• Best Bets (Full List)
• Databases by Information Type
• Databases by Subject

• Britannica Online
  Provides an introduction and context for most topics.
   
• Credo Reference
  Contains encyclopedias and other reference sources. Find an overview of your topic here.
   
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  Contains encyclopedias and other reference sources. Get ideas for keywords here.

• Issues & Controversies
  Provides overviews of the main arguments associated with hot button social, political, and economic topics.
   
• CQ Researcher
  Provides an introduction to the public debate on various controversial topics and current events.

Journal Articles

• Academic Search Complete

Contains articles related to most topics. Start here if you're looking for journal articles.

• JSTOR

Contains scholarly journals in the humanities, including history, philosophy, literature, art, and religion.

• CINAHL Complete

Contains Germanna's most comprehensive collection of nursing and allied health journals.

Newspaper Articles

• America's News (Newsbank)

Includes the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Free Lance-Star.

• Newspaper Source Plus

Includes full coverage of the Washington Post from 2004.

Magazine Articles

• Academic Search Complete

Includes access to reputable news and opinion magazines, such as Time and Harper's.

The library provides online access to scholarly books using the QuickSearch box.

Looking for a specific book? First, search for the book title in QuickSearch. If we don't have it, we can probably get it for you via Interlibrary Loan!