Gutman Library - DECPROC101: IDP - Integrative Design Process - LibGuides at Thomas Jefferson University

Frequently Used Resources

These online databases are only available to current students, faculty and staff of the University. If you are connecting from off-campus, you will have to authenticate yourself with your Jefferson login and password.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
This database is part of the EBSCO system, and like ProQuest's Research Library database and its associated modules, Academic Search Premier is multi-disciplinary, and therefore a good place to get started with your research. There are links to the full text of many of the articles indexed.
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
Collection includes: business, health and medicine, history, literature & language, science & technology, social sciences, arts
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Global Newsstream provides online access to the most respected national and regional newspapers from across the U.S. These titles offer researchers thorough coverage of local, national, and international events with journalistic balance and perspective.
New York Times Historical Newspapers (1851-2020) This link opens in a new window
Historical local, regional, national and international news
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
This collection of over 550 journal titles in full text includes the following collections: Communication & Media Studies Collection, Criminology Collection, Politics & International Relations Collection, Sociology Collection, Education Collection, Psychology Collection, Nursing & Public Health Collection, Management & Organization Studies Collection, Materials Science & Engineering Collection, Urban Studies & Planning Collection.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Core scholarly journals, books: humanities, social sciences, sciences
Project MUSE - Social Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Project Muse is a collection of journals covering the fields of literature, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference books that can be searched using key words. Definitions, overview articles on a topic, or even pronunciation of medical terms.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni replaced LexisNexis Academic. It features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window Covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Opposing Viewpoints is a rich resource for debaters and includes viewpoints, reference articles, infographics, news, images, video, audio, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more. Opposing Viewpoints is cross-searchable with Gale In Context: Global Issues for users with access to both resources.