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Library Resources for Veteran Students and Military Topics: How to Start

What Resources Should I Use?

If you need: Try using:
Somewhere to start your research    Academic Search Complete
Background information Books, encyclopedias (Britannica Online), dictionaries (Oxford English Dictionary), or other reference material. Choose “Reference" from the database subject list.
Current research on a subject

Peer-reviewed journals, print or electronic from databases. Search the library's discovery system.

*JSTOR is a back issues database and won’t have the most current research.

Academic or scholarly articles Peer-reviewed or refereed journals, print or electronic from databases.

Search the Databases list tab for a list of databases or view Research Tutorials tab for information on scholarly articles.
Info on both sides of “hot topic” issues like abortion or gun control Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Up-to-the-minute information like stock prices, news, sports scores Newspapers, the Internet or theses databases: LexisNexis Academic
Statistics Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center or government websites
Popular articles Magazines or Academic Search Complete
Contemporary accounts of historical events New York Times Archive  or other newspapers on microfilm. Search the library catalog to find other historical newspapers.
Primary Sources (letters, diaries, government reports, photographs, maps, manuscripts, etc.)

These specific databases: American Memory, Empire OnlineNorth American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial to 1950, Women and Social Movements in the United States

These types of books: autobiographies, memoirs, correspondence, or letters.

Primary Sources

Visit the Special Collections department of the library (by appointment only).