Starting Points
Places to Start
- Drew Alumni Borrowing Policies
Interested in checking out a book from Drew's library? Look here for information. - Public Libraries
Some state libraries offer their residents access to subscription databases like the ones you might have used at Drew. Use the State Library tab to find out what your state offers. - Google Scholar
Search scholarly literature including journal articles, books, and patents. Set Scholar Preferences to Drew University or a college or university near you to find out if the school library has access to the full text of articles or owns the book. - Library of Congress Home
Access the catalog and digital collections of the world's largest library. - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
Legislative information from Library of congress - DOAJ -- Directory of Open Access Journals
Full text access to 6000+ scholarly journals containing 500,000+ articles. - Wikipedia
The encyclopedia ANYONE can edit. - ODP - Open Directory Project
A directory of websites, selected by humans and categorized by subject. - PubMed home
PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Arts
Arts and Humanities
- INTER-PLAY
Valuable resource for tracking down print copies of a particular play "hidden" in sources often not searchable in catalogs. "Contains . . . citations to plays, many of which are not included in the standard printed play indexes." - National Endowment for the Arts Home Page
- Google Images
- ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Ancient Egyptian Art
Business
Business
- State of Working America
Economic indicators and demographics, especially focusing on low- and middle-income families. Special features on "The Economic Landscape," "The Great Recession," and "Inequality." From the Economic Policy Institute; uses primarily U.S. Government statistics. - Congressional Research Service
- THOMAS (Library of Congress)
Legislative information from Library of congress - HBS Working Knowledge - Faculty Research at Harvard Business School
Search or browse working papers on cutting edge business practices and topics.
Education
Education
- US News: Education
From U.S. News & World Report, their special section on Education. Useful for finding out the U.S. News college, graduate school, online and high school rankings, as well as some education-related advice and news. (Remember to view rankings skeptically, though.) - BEN
National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Pathway for biological sciences education. The BEN Portal provides access to education resources from BEN Collaborators and is managed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Requires free - ERIC – World’s largest digital library of education literature
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page, a part of the U.S. Department of Education
Collects and analyzes data related to education.
Government
Government
- Congressional Research Service
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Site facilitates access to technical data, regulatory material and compliance information, and the EPA policy line. Keyword and other search capabilities are provided. - Library of Congress Home
Access the catalog and digital collections of the world's largest library. - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
Legislative information from Library of congress - Browse by Discipline -- Subject Pathways for the E-print Network -- Energy, science, and technology for the research community -- hosted by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Government Publications Collection - Drew University Library - U-KNOW
Guide to U.S. Government publications resources assembled by Drew Librarians. - International Law - Drew University Library - U-KNOW
Drew Library's guide to International Law resources. - National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Humanities
Humanities
- INTER-PLAY
Valuable resource for tracking down print copies of a particular play "hidden" in sources often not searchable in catalogs. "Contains . . . citations to plays, many of which are not included in the standard printed play indexes." - Bartleby.com: Great Books Online -- Quotes, Poems, Novels, Classics and hundreds more
Health
Health
- MedlinePlus: Medical Encyclopedia
Containing 4000 entries on diseases, symptoms, tests and surgeries and includes illustrations, this reference is from A.D.A.M., a company accredited by the Anerican Accreditation HealthCare Commission and is also available in Spanish. - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Site facilitates access to technical data, regulatory material and compliance information, and the EPA policy line. Keyword and other search capabilities are provided. - PubMed home
PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. - WHO | World Health Organization
- National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health
- Harvard School of Public Health - HSPH
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Science
Science and Technology
- Distillations Podcast | Chemical Heritage Foundation
Audio podcasts providing "commentary and perspective on the past, present, and future of chemistry." From the Chemical Heritage Foundation. - Congressional Research Service
- NIST Handbook of Basic Atomic Spectroscopic Data
From the introduction: "a selection of the most important and frequently used atomic spectroscopic data in an easily accessible format." - arXiv.org e-Print archive
Searchable collection of over half a million open access e-prints in math & computer science, statistics, physics, and quantitative biology. - Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth is a free, searchable, electronic, collaborative, peer-reviewed reference source produced by scholars and experts that aims to cover all topics about the earth and its environment. - BEN
National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Pathway for biological sciences education. The BEN Portal provides access to education resources from BEN Collaborators and is managed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Requires free - Browse by Discipline -- Subject Pathways for the E-print Network -- Energy, science, and technology for the research community -- hosted by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy
- Where to find MSDS on the Internet
- Science.gov : USA.gov for Science - Government Science Portal
- PubMed home
PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Social Science
Social Science
- State of Working America
Economic indicators and demographics, especially focusing on low- and middle-income families. Special features on "The Economic Landscape," "The Great Recession," and "Inequality." From the Economic Policy Institute; uses primarily U.S. Government statistics. - Google Scholar
Search scholarly literature including journal articles, books, and patents. Set Scholar Preferences to Drew University or a college or university near you to find out if the school library has access to the full text of articles or owns the book. - WHO | World Health Organization