Lamson Library: Library Research During COVID-19: Library

Every link on this page can be used by any student, faculty, or staff, but the links in this section are especially useful for professors.

Electronic Reserve
Need to digitize a print book, chapter, or article? Submit this form.

Ebook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Over 200,000 ebooks from academic, scholarly publishers in most subject areas. Ebooks can be viewed in your browser by unlimited library patrons.
Accessing Ebooks: a Guide

Khan Academy
Lessons, tutorials, and videos on almost any subject. Track your progress, earn points, and pick avatars.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
The library's primary scholarly database. Contains over 18,400 journals, over 16,300 of which are peer-reviewed, and over 8,900 are full text.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google's academic search engine that connects you to our library subscriptions.
Setup Scholar for off-campus

Ebook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Over 200,000 ebooks from academic, scholarly publishers in most subject areas. Ebooks can be viewed in your browser by unlimited library patrons.
Accessing Ebooks: a Guide

ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Both current and historical news. Includes New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and many others.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Cover-to-cover full text for 35 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. Has selective full text for 375 regional U.S. newspapers. Full text transcripts are also included from CBS Evening News, CNN, Fox News, Face the Nation (CBS), 48 Hours (CBS), 60 Minutes (CBS), All Things Considered (National Public Radio), and others

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Streaming select documentaries, classic, and indie films. Kanopy has apps for iOS, Android, and Roku devices.
Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Contains almost 70,000 videos spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and others.

Khan Academy
Lessons, tutorials, and videos on almost any subject. Track your progress, earn points, and pick avatars.

Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Online reference books, including encyclopedias and other publications spanning most subject areas.

This is a customized library search box to help you discover primary sources

Citing Sources

NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
For full-featured citation management, we subscribe to NoodleTools.
NoodleTools app for iOS, Android. NoodleTools help

ZoteroBib
Simple, no-frills citation website.
Zotero (full)
More advanced citation tool preferred by many grad students. (Tutorial)
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Web-based plus downloadable app/extension. Free but offers paid upgrades.