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Encyclopedia Britannica Online

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Contemporary Women’s Issues

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Indexes and provides selective full-text to over 2400 books, journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups and governmental and international agencies concerning women’s health and human rights issues from 1992 to the present. Updated weekly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “CWI.”
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GPO Monthly Catalog (Government Printing Office)

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Indexes documents from all branches of the U.S. government, including Congressional reports, hearings, and debates; judiciary materials; and documents issued by the executive departments including Defense, State, Labor, and the Office of the President from 1976 to the present. Updated monthly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “GPO.”
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Statistical Abstract of the United States

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Online version of the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States from 1878 to the present. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.

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Provides full text access to a core collection of nearly 400 academic journals in the arts and sciences from the first published issue to the most recent two to five year moving wall with links to more recent issues of selected titles in Project Muse. The disciplines covered are: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Asian Studies, Business & Finance, Classical Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Film Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics & Statistics, Middle East Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Slavic Studies, Sociology, and Women's Studies.

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Project Muse

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Full text collection of over 200 scholarly, peer reviewed journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences from nearly 30 university presses and scholarly societies, including The Johns Hopkins University Press and The Brookings Institution. Dates vary from 1990 to the present. Links are provided to back issues of selected titles in JSTOR
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Indexes and provides selective abstracts and full text of popular and scholarly periodicals in business, education, science, humanities, social sciences, and general periodical literature. Coverage is from 1982 to the present. Available through WilsonWeb. At the WilsonWeb screen select "OmniFile Full Text Mega."

Rosemont College Library has back indexes in print of:

Nineteenth Century Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899: with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922

Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature v. 1 (1900/1904)-v. 56 (1996)

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement v. 1 (1907/15) – v. 2 (1916/1919)

International Index to Periodical Literature v. 3 (1920/1923) - v. 18 (Apr 1964/Mar 1965)

Social Science and Humanities Index v. 19 (Apr 1965/Mar 1966) – v. 27 (Apr 1973/Mar 1974)

Social Science Index v. 1 (1974) – v. 22 (1996)

Humanities Index v. 1 (Apr 1974/Mar 1975) – v. 22 (Apr 1995/Mar 1996)

Business Periodicals Index v. 1 (Jan 1958/June 1959) – v. 39, no. 7 (March 1997)

Education Index v. 3 (July 1935/June 1938) – v. 46 (July 1995/June 1996)
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WorldCat

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Contains records of millions of books, manuscripts, web resources, videos and other materials published worldwide in over 400 languages from 1000 BCE to the present. Records include a list of libraries region wide owning a given title. Updated daily. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use "Jump to Advanced Search" and select "WorldCat."
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Books In Print Access Books In Print	Provides reviews and information on in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos since 1979. Updated weekly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “BooksInPrint.”	Help
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Access The Encyclopedia Britannica Online	Online version of The Encyclopedia Britannica	Help Tutorial
Contemporary Women’s Issues Access Contemporary Women’s Issues	Indexes and provides selective full-text to over 2400 books, journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups and governmental and international agencies concerning women’s health and human rights issues from 1992 to the present. Updated weekly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “CWI.”	Help
GPO Monthly Catalog (Government Printing Office) Access GPO Monthly Catalog	Indexes documents from all branches of the U.S. government, including Congressional reports, hearings, and debates; judiciary materials; and documents issued by the executive departments including Defense, State, Labor, and the Office of the President from 1976 to the present. Updated monthly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “GPO.”	Help
America's Newspapers / NewsBank Access America's Newspapers / NewsBank	Full text of local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers. Dates vary. Paid advertisements are excluded. At the NewsBank page select "United States."	Help Tutorial
Lexis-Nexis Access Lexis-Nexis	Provides full text access to local, regional, U.S., and international news sources in English and other languages. It also provides access to business, legal, and medical news and journals. Dates vary.	Help Tutorial
Statistical Abstract of the United States Access Statistical Abstract of the United States	Online version of the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States from 1878 to the present. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.
ECO (Electronic Collections Online) Access ECO	Indexes and provides selective full-text to over 5,400 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, science, law, business, medicine, and social sciences from 1995 to the present. Updated daily. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “ECO.”	Help
JSTOR Access JSTOR	Provides full text access to a core collection of nearly 400 academic journals in the arts and sciences from the first published issue to the most recent two to five year moving wall with links to more recent issues of selected titles in Project Muse. The disciplines covered are: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Asian Studies, Business & Finance, Classical Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Film Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics & Statistics, Middle East Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Slavic Studies, Sociology, and Women's Studies. When printing from JSTOR, please use the print command provided by JSTOR (JPRINT or PDF), not the browser print command.	Help Tutorial
Project Muse Access Project Muse	Full text collection of over 200 scholarly, peer reviewed journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences from nearly 30 university presses and scholarly societies, including The Johns Hopkins University Press and The Brookings Institution. Dates vary from 1990 to the present. Links are provided to back issues of selected titles in JSTOR	Help
WilsonWeb (OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition) Access WilsonWeb OmniFile	Indexes and provides selective abstracts and full text of popular and scholarly periodicals in business, education, science, humanities, social sciences, and general periodical literature. Coverage is from 1982 to the present. Available through WilsonWeb. At the WilsonWeb screen select "OmniFile Full Text Mega." Rosemont College Library has back indexes in print of: Nineteenth Century Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899: with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922 Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature v. 1 (1900/1904)-v. 56 (1996) Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement v. 1 (1907/15) – v. 2 (1916/1919) International Index to Periodical Literature v. 3 (1920/1923) - v. 18 (Apr 1964/Mar 1965) Social Science and Humanities Index v. 19 (Apr 1965/Mar 1966) – v. 27 (Apr 1973/Mar 1974) Social Science Index v. 1 (1974) – v. 22 (1996) Humanities Index v. 1 (Apr 1974/Mar 1975) – v. 22 (Apr 1995/Mar 1996) Business Periodicals Index v. 1 (Jan 1958/June 1959) – v. 39, no. 7 (March 1997) Education Index v. 3 (July 1935/June 1938) – v. 46 (July 1995/June 1996)	Help Tutorial
WorldCat Access WorldCat	Contains records of millions of books, manuscripts, web resources, videos and other materials published worldwide in over 400 languages from 1000 BCE to the present. Records include a list of libraries region wide owning a given title. Updated daily. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use "Jump to Advanced Search" and select "WorldCat."	Help