Databases and Indexes

Library catalog

Access World News. Newspapers fulltext

EBSCOhost. Very current index

ERIC or AskEric. Education index

E-journals . By title, etc.

Issues & Controversies. Pros & cons

LexisNexis. News groups, business, legal, people, radio & tv transcripts

MLAB. Literature & languages 1963-

Periodicals Index Online. 18th century+

PsycINFO. Psychology & related disciplines

Web of Science. Track cited references

WilsonWeb. Science, art, education, essay & short story, library, Readers Guide Retrospective

Catalogs

RLG Union Catalog
Research Libraries' Group database

WorldCat
OCLC FirstSearch database

Selected Sites

• Newslink Newspaper links worldwide
• Associations Unlimited Search acronyms, etc.
• Contemporary Authors Biography
• GPO Access U.S. Government Printing Office
• Government links State of Iowa
• Iowa City Public Library catalog
• Local Newspaper Index Iowa City Public Library

UI Resources

• A-Z Directory UI campus information
• Employment Student, staff, community jobs
• Help Using UI Libraries Answers to faq's
• Iowa Guide To Iowa sites
• Resources Under Evaluation Try these
• UI Human Resources Personnel self-service
• UI Student/Staff Directory

Ready Reference

• AjaxTrans Translates while typing
• Big Yellow Business search
• CollegeSource Online Colleges & catalogs
• Currency rates World exchange rate
• Dictionary Merriam-Webster Online 
• Encyclopedia Funk & Wagnalls
• Fast Facts Almanacs, fact books, statistics
• Hacker's Documentation Online MLA, APA, Chicago style
• IPL Ready Reference Sources galore
• OED History of words
• Research-It! Language tools, maps, phone, currency
• Thesaurus Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus