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ENGL 301H - Technical Writing

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Books

Use the library catalogs.  To search simultaneously for books at Evans and Med Sci, choose All TAMU Libraries from the drop-down list on the Libraries homepage.


Articles

ABI/Inform Global An extensive index to business and industry journal articles, many with full text available.

Academic Search Complete  Broad subject coverage.

Business Source Complete Contains full text of many scholarly business publications.

Compendex  Good for all engineering fields.

CSA Illumina  Life sciences, engineering, materials, psychology.

OmniFile Full Text Mega (Wilson)  Can select subsections such as Applied Science Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, and General Science Full Text.

PAIS International CSA  Articles, books, government documents on the topic of public affairs.

Scopus Includes patents, covers all disciplines, and provides information on times cited and references.

Web of Science Access to the Science Citation Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

Newspapers

Campus Research (Westlaw)  Provides access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources.  Within the News & Business area refine your search by choosing categories and publication types.

Custom Newspapers (Gale)  Full text articles from 150 newspapers from around the world, updated daily. Also includes 300 plus selected general news and buisiness sources.

LexisNexis Academic  Choose the news tab for access to the Washington Post as well as business and regional newspapers.  Be sure to specify sources and dates in your search.

Proquest Newspapers  Provides full text access to current news from 5 major U.S. newspapeprs:  New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor

Regional Business News (EBSCO)  Incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Statistics

LexisNexis Statistical  Provides access to statistics produced by the U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.

Public Opinion

Polling the Nations   This international numerical, statistical database is searchable by topic, country and polling agencies.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research  Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is the leading educational facility in the field of public opinion.  Through the maintenance of the world's largest archive of survey data, and through its programs of publication, presentation and advanced research, the Roper Center provides access to cross-national data on public opinion and the problems faced by Americans and citizens of other nations.

Environmental and Social Issues

LexisNexis Environmental  Provides content on environmental issues conference papers and proceedings, consumer and trade magazines, newsletters, law reviews, environmental codes, case law, regulatory agency actions, federal and state government reports, more than 6,000 journals, and major daily newspapers.

Opposing Viewpoints  Information on social issues.  Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, some scholarly articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

Electronic Books - Collections

NetLibrary Includes books on a broad range of topics.

Safari Tech Books Online Computer and technology books. Limited to 4 simultaneous users.

Science Direct Includes books as well as journals on science and engineering topics.

SpringerLink Books Scholarly titles in computing, mathematics, science, technology, and medicine.

Wiley InterScience Journals, major reference works, online books, laboratory manuals, and databases on a wide range of topics.

Technical Reports

National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Technical reports with scientific, engineering and business-related information.

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