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Topics
- Current Issues
- Government /Law
- Medicine
- News
- Sciences
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Electronic Books
NetLibrary
Research Assign.
Library Guides
Library Resources for MASH
Current Issues
- Academic Search Premier - Scholarly, multi-discipline, full-text database. Subject areas include social sciences, education, computer sciences, literature, and medical sciences.
- CQ Researcher - Well-researched current issues, full text.
- Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report - What's happening in Congress, the issues and the votes.
- Electric Library - TV & radio transcripts, maps, photos, journals.
- Ethnic Newswatch - Full-text articles from native, ethnic & minority journals, in English & Spanish.
- Facts.com - 20 years of full-text news on the Internet with frequent updates from Facts on File World News Digest and Reuters.In addition, articles from Issues & Controversies, World Almanac, and Today's Science.
- Houston Chronicle - Full text newspaper, no pictures or ads.
- Issues and Controversies On File - From Facts.com, background information on current issues. Print version on current issue index table.
- Military FullTEXT Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of military titles, trade publications, pamphlets and newsweeklies. Includes abstracts and indexing for over 430 titles /230 of which are full text.
- Opposing Viewpoints An electronic version of the books which take a topic and look at both sides of an issue.
- PA Research II/Proquest - Over 1900 journals in all subjects, mostly full text, updated daily.
Government & Law
- Academic Universe - Lexis/Nexis - News and legal research database.
- Congress.org
Free access - Identify and contact your federal and state elected officials - Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report - What's happening in Congress, issues & votes.
- Findlaw.com Free access- Subject organized legal online resource. Legal Forms.
- Firstgov.gov Free access - The government's index to all government web sites.
- Legal Information Institute Free access - A legal information gateway from Cornell.
- Martindale Hubbell Free access- Locate a lawyer by specialty and location.
- Military FullTEXT Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of military titles, trade publications, pamphlets and newsweeklies. Includes abstracts and indexing for over 430 titles /230 of which are full text.
- National Guideline Clearinghouse - A clearinghouse of guidelines and standards for medical procedures of all kinds
- PA Research II/ProQuest - Journals of all subjects. Includes such newspapers as the New York Times, Houston Chronicle, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and L.A. Times.
- Rand Texas The Online Source for Texas and U. S. Statistics.
- Texas Statutes Free access- Searchable full-text statutes of the state of Texas.
- Thomas Legislative Information Free access - From the Library of Congress and named for Thomas Jefferson, this is the best place to track a bill.
- Westlaw - For students only. Password needed. Federal & state laws & court cases, full text.
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5 Favorite Government Internet Sites- Thomas Legislative Information From the Library of Congress and named for Thomas Jefferson, this is the best place to track a bill. Read the Congressional Record. To find your rep go to Congress.org.
- Public Opinion Polls Google's list of free public opinion polls on the internet.
- Legal Information Institute A legal information gateway from Cornell. Includes Texas Statutes.
- Project Vote Smart Try CongressTrack, a citizen's toolkit for tracking Congress.
- Gallup Poll Subscriber serivice to get weekly polls every Tuesday. Library has annual cumulation in Reference section.
Medicine
- Health Reference Center - Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic - General health database with full-text articles, books, pamphlets, and reports.
- Medline National Library of Medicine index to medical journals, with some abstracts.
- MedlinePlus Free access - Consumer Health and Disease information from the National Library of Medicine. journals, full text.
- Merck Manual Free access- Full text of the classic medical reference book covering diseases and treatment.
- Texas Dept of Health From legal issues to white papers to stats.
- Occupational Therapy [OT BibSys] - Index, with some abstracts. Call 281 312-1693 for password.
- US Pharmacopeia Free access - A guide to over 9000 prescription and over the counter drugs.
5 Favorite Medical Internet Sites
- World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/ Information from stats to articles by country, topic, and more. Take a look at the 'Research Tools.'
- National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ Articles and the latest research on mental health. Stats.
- Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/ National Center for Infectious Diseases. Includes epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/ This is a great collection of information from the government. White papers, stats and facts.
- Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/ A good non-governmental site is from the Mayo Clinic. Diseases, conditions, drugs. Very well organized.
News
HINT: Rather than going directly to a newspaper, use our databases and get today's news and the archived news.
- Houston Chronicle - Full text articles, no pictures, obituaries, or ads. Home Access.
- Electric Library - TV & radio transcripts, full text.
- Ethnic News Watch - Multicultural news issues.
- Facts.com - 20 years of full-text news on the Internet with frequent updates from Facts on File World News Digest and Reuters.
- Newspapers/InfoTrac - Austin, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, New York Times (2000+), Washington Post, LA Times, Christian Science Monitor, Knight-Ridder newswire backfile.
- Newspapers/Periodical Abstracts/Proquest - Barron's, Wall Street Journal, USA Today full text. New York Times full text for the past three months.
- Westlaw - Federal & state laws & court cases. Get the password from the librarian. For research only. Over 350 Newspapers from around the world.
Sciences
- Academic Search Premier - Scholarly, multi-discipline, full-text database. Subject areas include sciences, social sciences, education, computer sciences, literature, and medical sciences.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic - General health database with full-text articles, books, pamphlets, and reports.
- PubSCIENCE - Abstracts from scientific journal literature from the Dept. of Energy and Cornell University. PubSCIENCE does for the physical sciences what PubMed does for the biological. Free access.
- Today's Science On File - From Facts.com, the latest developments in science, medicine, and technology.
- PA Research II/Proquest - Over 1900 journals in all subjects, mostly full text, updated daily. Includes such disciplines as astronomy, biology, chemistry, general science, geology, mathematics and physics.
5 Favorite Sciences Internet Sites
- National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/ Information and publications. Be sure and take a look at the specialized searches as the bottom left of the screen to see what is designed especiall for faculty.
- Bad Science -- http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html - Bad Astronomy, Meteorology, Chemistry pages. Have a little fun! Have your students spot the bad science.
- Hazardous Materials http://hazard.com/ From Vermont Safety Information, Inc. this site contains OSHA, EPA, and other standards for handling hazardous materials.
- NASA http://www.nasa.gov We particularly like the research projects and opportunities.
- Discovery Channel - Explore by channel, contains new science info, live cams, games, plans. All around good site for the sciences.