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Selected Book Resources
Book Review Digest Plus (EBSCO)Indexes reviews of fiction and nonfiction English-language books. Reviews are selected from academic journals and library review journals. Includes selected full text. Coverage goes back to the early 1980s.
Book Review Index Plus (Gale)Indexes reviews of fiction and nonfiction English-language books. Reviews are selected from academic journals, magazines, and library review journals. Includes selected full text. Coverage goes back to the early 1960s.
Cambridge Histories Online (Cambridge University Press)Provides online access to Cambridge histories. Each volume is edited and written by experts in the field. Subject matter ranges widely across the humanities with a concentration on political and cultural history.
Falvey Library Catalog (Books & Media)Keyword and subject searches in the Library's catalog are good starting points when first exploring a topic. Search results can be narrowed with facets such as topic, era, language or region. Facets are located on the right hand side of the results screen.
Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)Offers single platform access to journals and books published by Oxford University Press and its publishing partners.
Oxford Bibliographies (Oxford University Press) TutorialPresents peer-reviewed, annotated bibliographies and expert commentary on current scholarship in selected disciplines. Villanova University has access to the following bibliographies: African American Studies, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, British and Irish Literature, Buddhism, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Environmental Science, Geography, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Latin American Studies, Management, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature.
A tutorial for this resource can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1myXLJZGPwM
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of PoliticsPeer-reviewed and regularly updated, this encyclopedia is part of the larger collection of selected Oxford Research Encyclopedias (Oxford University Press) subscriptions at Falvey Library - http://ezproxy.villanova.edu/login?URL=http://oxfordre.com/
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)Provides full text access to thousands of journals in the sciences, engineering, and the social sciences and humanities.
SpringerLinkProvides access to journals, books, protocols, reference works, and book series in all academic disciplines published by Springer.
Very Short Introductions (Oxford University Press)Introduces a wide range of arts and humanities, STEM, and social sciences subjects. Written by experts for a general audience, each volume outlines key concepts and new research directions. Includes references and recommended readings.
WorldCat (FirstSearch)Presents a combined catalog of the catalogs of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat highlights publications available at Villanova University. Other items can be requested via an inter-library loan request form.
Article/document resources
AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library/USDA)Indexes materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library including books, journals, and government documents. Covers all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines.
CQ Press Library (CQ Press)Provides a combined search interface and access to selected CQ Press publications including the CQ Almanac (1945-), the Political Handbook of the World (2005-), and the Supreme Court Yearbook (1989-). Offers links to CQ Press collections on the Sage Knowledge platform including Congress and the Nation (1945-2004), Historic Documents Series (1972-), Vital Statistics on American Politics, and the Washington Information Directory.
EconLit with Full Text (EBSCO)Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, working papers, and dissertations in the field of economics based on the Journal of Economic Literature's subject classification. Provides access to the full text of selected journals including all American Economic Association journals. Coverage goes back to 1886.
Economist Intelligence UnitFeatures a single unified platform delivering country and regional reports and comparable data for over 200 countries. Politics, economics, the business environment and sector and industries are explained and forecasts presented. The data tab delivers time series on national accounts, monetary, demographic, trade, employment, debt & spending indicators to name a few.
Google ScholarGoogle Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Scholar search tips
JSTORProvides a full text archive of academic journals and books in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. The most recent three to five years of a journal are usually not included.
OECD iLibraryProvides full text access to the books, periodicals, working papers, and statistical publications produced by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 1998. Also contains several statistical databases including Main Economic Indicators, International Trade by Commodity Statistics, and compendia of agriculture, education, environment, and social statistics.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)Provides full text access to thousands of journals in the sciences, engineering, and the social sciences and humanities.
Scopus (Elsevier)Provides citations and abstracts to peer-reviewed journals, books, and conference proceedings in all major disciplines. Provides information on citing and cited references for each article.
Social Sciences Citation Index - Web of Science (Clarivate)Indexes core journals in the social sciences. Provides information on citing and cited references for each article. Search by article title word, journal title, author, cited author or reference, address word (i.e., author's institution), or funding agency. Covers 1956 to the present.
SpringerLinkProvides access to journals, books, protocols, reference works, and book series in all academic disciplines published by Springer.
Other useful article/document resources
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest)Provides access to scholarly journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, and country- and industry-focused reports.
Dissertations and Theses Global (ProQuest)Provides citations, abstracts, and full text, when available, of dissertations and theses from 1743 to the present.
SAGE KnowledgeProvides full text access to encyclopedias and handbooks in the social sciences, as well as selected ebooks. All content is published by SAGE Publications.
Social Sciences Full Text (EBSCO)Indexes and abstracts journals in many social science fields. Provides full text access to selected titles from 1972 to the present.
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)Indexes the literature of sociology and related fields. Includes citations to journal articles, dissertations, books, conference papers, and magazines. Offers abstracts and selected full text.
News
BBC NewsVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.
United Nations News CentreBreaking news from the UN news service
AfricaFocusThe heart of the website consists of issues of the AfricaFocus Bulletin. The site also features convenient regularly updated news feeds from the BBC's Africa service and AllAfrica.com
Allafrica.comAllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 2000 news and information items daily from over 130 African news organization.
Newspapers
Newspapers can be primary or secondary sources containing immediate or eyewitness accounts of events or commentaries and retrospective analysis.
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest)
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
Access World News (NewsBank) Tutorial
America's Historical Newspapers (Readex)
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
Factiva (Dow Jones)
New York Times (NYTimes.com) Access Instructions
New York Times: 1851- (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Nexis Uni Limitations on Use
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
Times (London) Digital Archive, 1785-2019 (Gale)
Times Of India
Wall Street Journal Limitations on Use Access Instructions
Washington Post Historical: 1877- (ProQuest)
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest)Provides access to scholarly journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, and country- and industry-focused reports.
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)Provides citations, abstracts, and selected full text for scholarly journals, popular and trade magazines, conference papers, and books in all major disciplines.
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Access World News (NewsBank) TutorialProvides full text access to national and international newspaper articles and radio and television news transcripts. Many newspapers, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, offer full-image “page view” format. Includes user-friendly subject browse feature, as well as full text searchability. Coverage varies.
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A tutorial for this resource can be found at: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/sites/default/files/assets/newsbank-help-documentation.pdf
America's Historical Newspapers (Readex)Includes full text of selected early American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922. Villanova University has access to series 1 through 5 and 7.
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)Offers access to the full text of articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. While most of the content is in English, some content in non-English languages is included. Coverage for most newspapers and magazines goes back to the early 1990s, but earlier content is also available.
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Factiva (Dow Jones)Provides access to international, national and local news sources. Many different news media such as newspapers, magazines, wires, blogs and transcripts are aggregated in English and foreign languages. The content is current and archival. Industry, company and market profiles are also provided.
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New York Times (NYTimes.com) Access InstructionsOffers access to all sections of the NYTimes.com website without monthly limits. Coverage from 1851 to present, with limited availability of articles from 1923-1980. For full text access to all NYT content except the most recent five years, use ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Subscription courtesy of the Provost's Office and Falvey Library.
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Users are required to create an individual account in order to access the NYT from off-campus or via mobile app. Create your account at AccessNYT.com. Download mobile apps from nytimes.com/mobile. Once your account is created, you can use it to log on to NYTimes.com from anywhere with full access. Your institutional affiliation must be confirmed once a year at AccessNYT.com
New York Times: 1851- (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)Provides full text access to the complete New York Times archive except for the most recent five years. Use NYTimes.com, Nexis Uni, or ABI/INFORM for access to current content.
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Nexis Uni Limitations on UseFormerly known as LexisNexis Academic. Provides full text access to national and international newspaper and magazine articles and news transcripts, business, company, and industry information in the U.S. and abroad, and legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews. Coverage varies.
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Limitations on Use:
LexisNexis online services and the materials contained therein are under copyright by LexisNexis. All rights reserved. No part of these Services may be used except for research purposes, and the Services may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the LexisNexis Academic Library Solutions. Materials retrieved from the Services may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the prior written authorization of LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions, except that limited reproduction of output is permitted solely for individual use by the Authorized User or internal distribution within the Subscribing Institution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement unless further limited or prohibited by the Copyright Act of 1976. Under no circumstances may the Materials or any portion thereof be used to create derivative products or services.
LexisNexis online services and the materials contained therein are under copyright by LexisNexis. All rights reserved. No part of these Services may be used except for research purposes, and the Services may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the LexisNexis Academic Library Solutions. Materials retrieved from the Services may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the prior written authorization of LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions, except that limited reproduction of output is permitted solely for individual use by the Authorized User or internal distribution within the Subscribing Institution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement unless further limited or prohibited by the Copyright Act of 1976. Under no circumstances may the Materials or any portion thereof be used to create derivative products or services.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)Access information on social issues through viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to web sites and full text magazine and newspaper articles.
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Times (London) Digital Archive, 1785-2019 (Gale)Provides a fully searchable facsimile of the Times of London. The Times is the world's oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication.
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Times Of IndiaNote: The newspaper is available full text in the database, Lexis-Nexis * [Jan. 2010 - to date]
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Wall Street Journal Limitations on Use Access InstructionsOffers full access to all sections of the newspaper and WSJ.com website.
Access courtesy of the Villanova School of Business.
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Limitations on Use:
Sharing accounts and copying or publishing content is not permitted. Eligible users include current Villanova students, faculty and staff.
Sharing accounts and copying or publishing content is not permitted. Eligible users include current Villanova students, faculty and staff.
Registration is required to access the WSJ.com website via computer, mobile device or tablet. Register at www.wsj.com/Villanova with your Villanova credentials, accept the terms of use, and thereafter access with your individual sign-on. For assistance, email support@wsj.com or call 1-800-journal.
Washington Post Historical: 1877- (ProQuest)Contains the full text of the Washington Post and its title variations from 1877 until seventeen years ago.
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Selected websites
Agencies and Organizations:
Center for International Forestry Research
Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator
- US EPA Sustainability
Food and Agriculture Organizaiton
Internaional Energy Agency - Policies & Measures Databases
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
U.S. Energy Information Administration
The World Bank:
The World Bank – Data Bank
World Health Organization
Global Health Observatory Data
Monitoring health for the SDG's
Carbon tracking:
NOAA Carbon Tracker
North American Carbon Program
Rainforests:
Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Alliance
The Nature Conservancy
United Nations:
Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC)
Sustainable development, knowledge platform
UNEP Environment
UNEP Sustainability
UN sustainable goals – 17 goals to transform our world
Other sites:
CorpWatch
Global Footprint Network
Green City Force
Greenpeace
Group on Earth Observations
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Seaweb – Voices for a healthy ocean
World Resources Institute
Worldwatch Institute - State of the World reports
Yale Global Online
Citing Research
APA Citation Resources at Falvey Library APA Style Blog (see style & grammar guidelines)APA style & grammar guidelines, not a complete manual.
Citation Resources Guide from FalveyThis guide is designed to provide you with assistance in citing sources when writing an academic paper. There are several different styles which format information differently. The citation style generally depends on the academic discipline involved.
Villanova Writing CenterThe Villanova Writing Center provides a comfortable atmosphere for your one-to-one session with a qualified tutor. Bring your paper, assignment, and an open mind and we'll do our best to help you improve your writing. Feel free to use our online resources, writing guide or 30-Minute Workshop handouts. The Writing Center is located in room 210 Falvey Library, and you can book an appointment using our appointment scheduler.
ZoteroFree Citation management tool supported by the Library
ZoteroBibZoteroBib is a website where you can create a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software.
Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan is a free service available to all Villanova students, faculty, and staff. Researchers are encouraged to check the library homepage first to see if full-text articles are available from one of our many databases or other resources. Specific journal coverage can be checked in the Journal and Article Finder on the library homepage. This service can be used when an article, chapter or book or other item is not fully available or is only partially available. There is no guarantee that we will always be successful in obtaining the material requested. Some material may not be able to be scanned or loaned due to condition or institutional policy at the lending location.
EZBorrow and Interlibrary Loan
Journal Finder
EZBorrow and Interlibrary LoanInterlibrary loans are only available for books and journals which are not owned by Falvey. The EZBorrow service can be used for books which the library owns, but which are currently checked out. EZBorrow books are provided by a local library network and tend to arrive faster than interlibrary loans.
Journal FinderUse this link to locate journals or specific articles that may be available via Falvey Library.