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- ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new windowPlatform for searching and discovering ACM publications, including journals, proceedings, magazines, etc. Includes a fifteen year archive of journals and magazines, and a nine year archive of ACM conference proceedings.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContains scholarly journals on a wide variety of disciplines, with a particular focus on the Social Sciences & Humanities. For UN5390, consider searching here for background and/or historical resources in particular.
- SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowLiterature on the natural sciences, engineering, and technology. Includes peer reviewed research and trade publications.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowSearch a wide range of science, social science, arts, & humanities articles. Particularly useful search tools if you want to explore by author, work, etc.
- US Census BureauEverything you need to know about the US Census, including a thorough history section under the "About" section.
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Key Google (Scholar) Operators
- site:.gov -- finds anything with .gov as part of the site name
- intext:coral -- finds sites with the word coral in the text
- intext:(coral news) -- use ( ) to group words with one command
- "press release" -- " " to group words into exact phrases
- OR -- between synonyms (use parentheses in a combo string!)
- -reef -- use - to exclude a word
- author: -- find author name (works best in scholar)
Key Database Operators
- Use AND and OR to find keywords and synonyms
- Use advanced search to search in just abstracts, titles, authors, etc. and for specific document types
- Use the Database A-Z list to select a topic-specific database