Research Guides: Freshman Seminar: Sports and American Culture: Databases

Suggested Keywords

Sports, sporting, sport, athletes, athletics, fans, spectators, football, basketball, baseball, social, political, cultural, discrimination, steroids, performance enhancing, doping, drugs, gambling, concussion, physical education, exercise, health, fitness, mascots

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Databases for Sports & Culture

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to scholarly journals, newspapers, books, and reports.
Issues and Controversies This link opens in a new window
Provides extensive coverage on more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture, with unbiased analysis and rich related resources.

The Dallas Morning News Archive (1885-1985) This link opens in a new window
Search or browse the high-resolution, digital facsimiles of daily issues of The Dallas Morning News published between 1885 and 1985.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Selective full text for some national and regional newspapers, including television and radio transcripts for the some of the major news channels
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Wide range of resources for legal research.

America: History and Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database of articles covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
In-depth coverage of the most important and controversial issues of the day. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
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Indexes and contains full-text articles from thousands of journals, magazines and books covering all aspects of the humanities
APA PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
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Database of full-text peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association and affiliated journals.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text articles from nearly 400 psychology journals
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
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Global catalog that indexes collections from 72,000 participating libraries in 170 countries.

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