Electronic Resources
*LIBRARY RECOMMENDED* | |
  | EBSCO eBooks (formerly netLibrary) Note: Users will need to create a userid and password to download ebooks. EBSCO eBooks includes thousands of scholarly, reference, popular and classic works. All ebooks can be read online and many can be downloaded to your own computer. |
~E-BOOKS/E-TEXTS~ | |
| Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Millions of images of documents and books printed in America between Jamestown and 1800. |
| Early English Books Online Full-text of books printed in English from 1473-1700. |
 | Ebooks OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide. |
| EBSCO eBooks (formerly netLibrary) Note: Users will need to create a userid and password to download ebooks. EBSCO eBooks includes thousands of scholarly, reference, popular and classic works. All ebooks can be read online and many can be downloaded to your own computer. |
| ebooks@Adelaide University of Adelaide Library's site of etexts. Browsable by author or title, or search the full-text with their search box. |
~GENERAL INDEXES~ | |
| EBSCOHost databases Searches Christian Periodical Index and Literary Reference Center at the same time. |
| ECO (Electronic Collections Online) Index Access to the index of a growing collection of journals in a variety of subject areas. |
~REFERENCE~ | |
| EBSCO eBooks (formerly netLibrary) EBSCO eBooks includes many reference books across a variety subjects including arts, biology, education, history, language, law, literature, math, medicine, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, science, sports, and technology. |
ECONOMICS RESEARCH | |
| Economic Policy Institute The Economic Policy Institute is a progressive think-tank dedicated to broadening the discussion about economic policy to include the interests of low- and middle-income workers. |
EDUCATION RESEARCH | |
| ERIC on FirstSearch Represents the most complete bibliography of educational materials available since 1966. Indexes 1.2 billion records of education-related materials--journal articles, books, reports, etc. ERIC on ed.gov is a free version of this database. The free version does a better job of limiting to full-text results. This version on FirstSearch provides a link to request through ILL any of the items. |
| Edsitement: Best of the Humanities on the Web Collections of quality websites for all areas of the humanities: art & culture; language & language arts; foreign language; and history & social studies. Also has over 250 lesson plan topics for all grade levels. Maintained by the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| Education Policy Center Links to a variety of Education studies, including studies trying to evaluate the success of the No Child Left Behind Act. Maintained by the Urban Institute. |
| ERIC on ed.gov Indexes 1.2 billion records of education-related materials--journal articles, books, reports, etc. This is a free version of the ERIC database on FirstSearch. This free version does a better job of limiting to full-text results, but does not provide a link to request through ILL as the FirstSearch version does. |
FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH | |
| Electoral Geography Colorful maps showing the results of elections in the United States (including primaries) and other countries. |
| European Commission Official committees, statements, and policies of the European Union |
| European Policy Institutes Networks (EPIN) Papers, Speeches, etc, on EU political and policy debates. |
GOVERNMENT SITES - SITES BY THE US GOVERNMENT | |
| Elliot's Debate: The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution "The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution is a five-volume collection compiled by Jonathan Elliot in the mid-nineteenth century. The volumes remain the best source for materials about the national government's transitional period between the closing of the Constitutional Convention in September 1787 and the opening of the First Federal Congress in March 1789." |
HISTORY RESEARCH - AMERICAN | |
| Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Millions of images of documents and books printed in America between Jamestown and 1800. |
HISTORY RESEARCH - WORLD | |
| Early English Books Online Full-text of books printed in English from 1473-1700. |
JOURNALISM RESEARCH | |
| Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Millions of images of documents and books printed in America between Jamestown and 1800. |
LAW/LEGAL RESEARCH | |
| EISIL - Electronic Information System for International Law EISIL is a legal research tool that points researchers to primary source law material as well as research guides for international law. The site is maintained by the American Society of International Law. |
| England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions Free database of decisions by the English and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division). Maintained by the British and Irish legal Information Institute. |
| European Court of Human Rights Free database of decisions by the European Court of Human Rights made available by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute. |
LITERATURE RESEARCH | |
| Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Millions of images of documents and books printed in America between Jamestown and 1800. |
| Early English Books Online Full-text of books printed in English from 1473-1700. |
| Edsitement: Best of the Humanities on the Web Collections of quality websites for all areas of the humanities: art & culture; language & language arts; foreign language; and history & social studies. Also has over 250 lesson plan topics for all grade levels. Maintained by the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH | |
| Economic Policy Institute The Economic Policy Institute is a progressive think-tank dedicated to broadening the discussion about economic policy to include the interests of low- and middle-income workers. |
| Election 2000 - An Internet Library Recorded daily the major news, candidate, party, and other election sites for August 2000 - January 2001. |
SCIENCE RESEARCH | |
| Encyclopedia of Earth "Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, expert-reviewed collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work." |
| Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) "The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an ambitious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth." EoL aims to create over a million species pages in the next five years and have them authenticated by experts. |
THEOLOGY, RELIGION, & PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH | |
| e-Sword Free Bible study software with commentaries, dictionaries, and other supplements for Windows-based computers. |
WRITING/RESEARCH | |
| English 101 Cheat sheet for those pesky homophones like They're/Their/There and when to use apostrophes in writing. |
| English Usage, Style, & Composition A bartleby.com reference. |
WRITING/RESEARCH - SOURCE EVALUATION | |
| Evaluating Information Points for consideration in web site evaluation with sources for additional information to help evaluate each area. Chart looks at authority, reliability, credibility, perspective, and purpose. This page is from the Purdue University Libraries. |
| Evaluating Web Resources A PowerPoint presentation that explains five major points of Web site evaluation. The site also provides checklists for different types of Web sites - Advocacy Web Pages, Business Web Pages, News Web Pages, Informational Web Pages, and Personal Web Pages. |
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Full Text Available - These electronic resources offer the full text of some (if not all) items. |
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Restricted Access - These electronic resources may only be used by PHC students, faculty, and staff. |
