345-101-MQ: Jesus: He's Everywhere (Miceli): Selected Library databases

Encyclopedia Britannica is a general encyclopedia that contains brief information on a wide range of subjects. It's a good starting point for any type of research.

Gale eBooks is a collection of over 300 specialized reference sources on a wide range of topics. Of particular interest is the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, The Encyclopedia Judaica, the New Catholic Encyclopedia, The African American Almanac, and the Encyclopedia of World Biography.

Oxford Reference contains more than 200 specialized reference titles. You can search all 200 titles at once, or search by specific discipline (e.g. literature, medicine and health, music, etc.).

JSTOR, a multidisciplinary archival database that covers a wide range of arts, science, and social science disciplines. Includes access to: Archival Journal Collections (Arts & Sciences I-XV, Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Life Sciences, and Public Health Journals), Thematic Collections (Lives of Literature, Security Studies, and Sustainability), and Primary Source Collections (19th Century British Pamphlets, World Heritage Sites: Africa, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and Global Plants).

EBSCO is a collection of ten databases that you can search simultaneously, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Choose as many or as few as you want. Here is a quick rundown of the EBSCO databases that may contain pertinent research for this course and their areas of focus:

• Academic Search Complete - Multidisciplinary (Has a little bit of everything)
• Social Sciences Full Text - Social sciences
• PsycARTICLES - Psychology (Published by the American Psychological Association (APA))
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Psychology
• SocINDEX - Sociology

When searching EBSCO, don't forget to click on "Full-Text" and "Peer Reviewed".