Credo contains 410 reference dictionaries and handbooks in all subject areas. You’ll find entries for words, concepts, phenomena, quotes, figures, formulae, or historical or cultural events. Subjects range broadly over the arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, and foreign languages.
This is a great place to begin for research in humanities, social sciences, health, education, religion, business, biography, art, or law. GVRL has the multi-volume Dictionary of American History, Business Plans Handbook, and complete encyclopedias of Education, Sociology, Mental Health, Philosophy, Religion, Judaism and Catholicism.
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What is LumenPlus?A user guide for LumenPlus, the Regis Lbrary's instance of the EBSCO Discovery Service.
Research Centers and Think Tanks
Think tanks and research centers are great places to find research on policy and policy recommendations. Remember to always investigate their "About Us" page, donors, and contributors to be aware of any potential bias.
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to conduct in-depth, nonpartisan research to improve policy and governance at local, national, and global levels
RAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest.
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonpartisan organization that facilitates cutting-edge investigation and analysis of major economic issues. It disseminates research findings to academics, public and private-sector decision-makers, and the public by posting more than 1,200 working papers and convening more than 120 scholarly conferences, each year.
Find Policy is the fastest way to find policy options. We target your search to leading policy research organizations.
This solves a problem: search for policy with normal Google, and you will be swamped. With Find Policy you get quality results from leading think tanks.
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, International Studies and more. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national, and local news sources.
This full-text database has all feature articles and business notices from 1984 to the present. It is updated at the end of each business day. Stock and bond tables are not included. Advanced Search allows you to look up industry codes, product names, and other fields. NOTE: If you have difficulty accessing WSJ through IE 10, please try accessing through another browser (Firefox, Chrome, or Safari).