Reference Materials | Indexes & Databases | Newspapers
Reference Materials
- Breakthroughs: a Chronology of Great Achievements in Science and Mathematics. REF Q125.P327.
- Basic aid to the study of the history of science.
- Matter Of Fact: A Digest of Current Facts, with Citations to Sources. REF AG105.M37
- Contains full-text abstracts of statistical statements related to current social, economic, political, health, and environmental public policy issues.
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. REF Q121.M3
- Offering up-to-date, authoritative, and comprehensive coverage of all disciplinesin science and engineering.
- Opposing Viewpoints series. STACKS
- Presents both sides of contemporary issues. Each volume covering a separate issue. (Search Foley online catalog for "opposing viewpoints" as keywords to find these books.)
- Statistical Abstract of the United States. REF DESK (latest edition)
- DOCS REF US C3.134: 1897, 1910 - 11, 1920 - 21, 1925 - 74, 1976 - present.
Web access: www.census.gov/statab/www/
Summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
- What They Said (the Yearbook of World Opinion). REF D410.W46 (1970-78, 1981-82, 1985-.)
- Quickly locate people's own words about events of each year.
Indexes and Abstracts
Indexes and abstracting services will help you locate specific topics in journals and magazines. Indexes are arranged by subject headings and may also include authors and titles of articles.
Find Law.
A searchable directory of online legal resources
Ingenta. Contains tables of contents of more than 15,000 recent journals. Fax copies of articles from Uncover is available for a fee. Updated daily.
FirstSearch.
Provides access to indexes and databases, including: ArticleFirst, GPO, and others.
ProQuest Direct.
Provides access to a large collection of information, including summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, with many articles in full-text, full-image format covering a wide range of subject areas. Newspapers are also covered including selected Washington State newspapers.
United States Government Publications Index.
Contains titles published by agencies of the US Government and cataloged by the US Government Printing Office since 1976. Check GU catalog for local holdings.
Newspapers
Newspapers provide excellent coverage of issues and information on companies and products.
AJR Newslink.
Provides access to newspapers and other media resources on the web.
New York Times Index. REF INDEX AI21.N44
Index for the New York Times from 1913 to the present. Some years of the index are on microfilm. The Prior Series (REF INDEX AI21.N43) covers 1851 - 1906, 1911.
News.
News.
One of Foley Library's Reference Tools on this website. Links to selected news web sites.
ProQuest Direct.
ProQuest indexes major national newspapers as well as selected articles from newspapers in Spokane, Seattle and other cities in Washington State.
Spokesman Review. Latest two weeks in Periodicals.
Wall Street Journal Index. PER HG1.W26, 1979 - present