Use General Coverage Indexes to find articles.
Other Resources:
Access to some of these resources is limited to Cal U patrons, while others are free Web sites available to anyone.
Access numerous famous speeches--as transcribed full-text, the actual recordings, or recorded reenactments. A useful section called "Rhetorical Figures in Sound" illustrates many figures of speech. Think you know rhetoric? Take the "Rhetoric Quiz!"
"The Factbook is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities." A good source for demographic, political, and economic information from the Central Intelligence Agency.
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations for countries and areas of the world. From the U.S. Dept. of State.
The online, full-text version of the highly respected Encyclopedia Britannica.
The Gallup Poll News Service provides news centered on public opinion. Published each business day since 2003, articles from the Gallup Poll News Service analyze findings and trends in politics, business, social issues, and Americans' lifestyles. (LexisNexis)
Looking for resources discussing both sides of political and social issues? POV provides a guide to the debates, help with developing arguments, and resources for writing position papers. Includes thousands of supporting articles and resources. More Info. (EBSCO)
Print Resources
Some print indexes cover older articles than online indexes, and may focus on specific topics.
Coverage: 10th edition, published 1919
Although this free, online version is from a very old edition, it is still useful for finding older, classic quotations.
Use a graphical or textual search to find information concerning more than 2,500 symbols. Although the site refers to some material found only in the printed version of the encyclopedia, this free resource is still useful in identifying the meaning and history of many symbols (e.g., ankh, dagger, pentagram, zodiac).
Librarians consider this a treasure trove of information on just about everything! Use this link to search the content in LexisNexis Academic. (LexisNexis)
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