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Interphase

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Background reading & reference resources
Books
Databases for Articles (including Vera Multi-Search)

Background Reading & Reference Resources

CQ Researcher [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/cqresearcher	Published weekly, highlights current & controversial issues.
Virtual Reference Collection http://libraries.mit.edu/virtual ref	Web-based resources collected by MIT librarians.
Public Agenda Online http://www.publicagenda.org	"Nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization"
Librarians' Index to the Internet http://www.lii.org	General biographical information.

Books

Find books written by or about your author or subject in the MIT Libraries.

Barton, MIT Libraries catalog
http://libraries.mit.edu/barton

Identify books in all the MIT Libraries - by author, title or subject. Check for availability and library location.

Databases for Articles

Search for articles on your topic published in academic journals, popular magazines and newspapers. MIT only means that you need certificates to have access from off campus.

For a complete list of all our databases, check Vera.

Searching Several Sources at Once

Vera Multi-Search [MIT only]
http://vera.mit.edu:8080/multi/

Allows you to search several of the databases listed below at once.

Pros - can save time; often useful for figuring out where the best places to search are
Cons - not as powerful as searching the original database; some search results will be incomplete

Newspapers

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/lexis-nexis	Full text from local, national & international newspapers (including the New York Times). Coverage varies, 1970's - present for some papers.
Factiva [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/factiva	Full text from local, national & international newspapers (including the Wall St. Journal). Coverage varies, 1970's - present for some papers.
Ethnic NewsWatch [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/ethnic	Full-text of the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States.
ProQuest Research Library [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/proquest	Multi-disciplinary database; many full-text articles. May limit to news.

Articles (Scholarly, Popular, News)

ProQuest Research Library [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/proquest	Multi-disciplinary database; many full-text articles. May limit to scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals.
Social Sciences Abstracts [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/ssa	Indexes 550 English-language journals; covers 1983-present.
PsycInfo [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/psycinfo	Includes articles from professional psychology journals; chapters of books and more.
ProQuest Psychology Journals [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/psycinfo	Subset of PsycInfo, includes 300 core psychology journals in full text
Alternative Press Index [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/altpress	Includes non-mainstream magazines & journals. A great database for controversial topics, alternative points of view. Covers 1991 - present.
Readers' Guide [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/readers-gd	Covers many magazines and newspapers from 1890-present.
Essay and General Literature Index [MIT only] http://libraries.mit.edu/get/essay	Collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Focuses on the humanities and social sciences.