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• Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities in Business
  These directories help you select journals in the areas of Accounting, Economics & Finance, Management, and Marketing that are most likely to publish your manuscript. Includes extensive information on the style and format of most Business journals.
• CAplusSM Core Journal Coverage List with Journal Title Abbreviations Open Access
  The list is sorted alphabetically by the full journal title and also includes the journal abbreviation, CODEN, and publication frequency. This is not the full list of publications covered by CAS, and the list is subject to change.
• CARLI Digital Collections
  CARLI Digital Collections is a repository for digital content created by member libraries, or purchased by CARLI for use by its members. CARLI Digital Collections provides access to myriad special collections, containing over 150,000 items including images, printed and manuscript materials, sound recordings, and the Saskia Art Image and Sanborn Maps of Illinois collections.
• Charleston Times-Courier Open Access
  Archive of the Charleston Times-Courier and the Mattoon Journal Gazette.
• ChemSpider Open Access
  Chemical structure database synthesizing structure, property, and associated information from multiple data sources. Maintained by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
• Chicago Collections Open Access
  Chicago Collections members maintain vital collections of books, letters, photos, or maps related to the Chicago region. They preserve and share Chicago's history and culture to provide free and open access for all
• Chicago Defender (Historical)
  Fulltext articles | 1910-1975
• Chicago Manual of Style
  Trial
  
  Online version of the Chicago Manual of Style | 17th and 16th editions | Browsable and searchable | Trial through Sept. 2020
• Chicago Tribune
  Fulltext Articles | 1985 to the present
• Chicago Tribune (Historical)
  Fulltext Articles | 1849-1990
• Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
  Topics: Fulltext Reviews of Children's Books | Reading Levels | Readers Advisory
• Choice Reviews
  Choice Magazine online | Search and browse over 200,000 reviews of academic monographs | Over 5,000 new reviews added annually | Source for library collection development and academic research
• Chronicle of Higher Education
  Provides complete access to the Chronicle of Higher Education including all articles published since September 1989.
• Chronicling America Open Access
  Selected Fulltext Newspaper Pages | California | District of Columbia | Florida | Kentucky | Minnesota | Nebraska | New York | Texas | Utah | Virginia | 1836 to 1922
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Nursing & Allied Health | Evidence Based Practice | CE Modules
• Citeseer: Scientific Literature Digital Library Open Access Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  A full text database of scientific literature, primarily in computer science. Interested parties can submit their papers to the search engine.
• Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
  Topics: Fulltext Articles | New York Herald | Charleston Mercury | Richmond Enquirer | November 1, 1860 to April 15, 1865
• Clase and Periodica
  Scholarly Articles | Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English Languages | 24 Latin American and Caribbean Countries
• Cochrane Library
  Systematic Reviews | Evidence-Based Health Care
• Collegiate Chronicle Collection Open Access
  Selected Historical College Newspapers | Eagle from American University | Hoya from Georgetown University |F&M College Reporter from Lancaster | Lincolnian from Oxford | Weekly Gettysburgian from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Ithacan from Ithaca College in New York
• Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
  Topics: Fulltext poems | Biographies of Poets | Commentaries | History & Criticism | Subject Search | Glossary
• Communication & Mass Media Complete Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Indexing for journals in all areas related to communication studies and mass media. CMMC offers full text for 350 titles and contains citation coverage for additional 660 sources.
• Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Open Access
  A searchable compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. (Call Number for the print volumes located in the Book Stacks: E464 .A512)
• Congress.gov Open Access
  Official website for U.S. federal legislative information | Track Legislation | Congressional Information | Replaces Thomas.gov
• Congressional Research Service Reports Open Access
  In-depth legislative reports | Analysis and research on contemporary issues | Written by attorneys, economists, scientists | Agriculture, immigration, foreign policy, banking regulation, veterans' issues, and more
• Consumer Health Complete
  General Consumer Health Topics | Streaming Video
• Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) Open Access
  Agricultural Texts | Early Nineteenth Century to the Middle to Late Twentieth Century
• Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume I
  Streaming Video | A collection of videos filmed between 1985 and 2010, providing faculty and students with a first-hand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice, including dozens of therapeutic methods and diagnoses.
• Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume II
  Streaming Video | Expands on the content of the first volume with a special emphasis on contemporary topics, featuring world-renowned therapists demonstrating their methods and techniques as of 2005 or later. The collection also includes documentaries providing insight into the human condition and training in skills such as reflection and empathy.
• CQ Researcher
  In-Depth Articles on Current News Topics | Overview | Historical Background | Chronology | Pro/Con Arguments | Resources for Additional Research.

Subject Specific

• Chicago Defender (Historical)
  Fulltext articles | 1910-1975
• Communication & Mass Media Complete Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Indexing for journals in all areas related to communication studies and mass media. CMMC offers full text for 350 titles and contains citation coverage for additional 660 sources.
• Global Newsstream
  Newspapers | US, Canadian, and Other International News | Includes current New York Times & Wall Street Journal | Newswires and News Blogs | Business, Political, Social, Entertainment Topics | 1980 to present for some titles
• Wall Street Journal (via Global Newsstream)
  Search six Wall Street Journal publications | Eastern Edition | Europe, Brussels | Americas, New York | Asia, Hong Kong | Online Edition | WSJ Magazine | subset of Global Newsstream

Interdisciplinary and Related

• Academic Search Complete Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Broad Subject Coverage | Area Studies | Ethnic & Multicultural Studies | General Sciences | Social Sciences | Law | Politics & Government | Women`s Studies | Popular Culture | Search Multiple Databases
• African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
  Topics: Fulltext Articles | African-American Newspapers | 1800`s
• American Periodicals Series Online
  Topics: American Magazines | 1740`s - Early 1900`s
• American Popular Entertainment Collection Open Access
  Historic newspapers and trade journals published for the entertainment industry in the US between 1853 and 1929. These works include trade perspectives, features, and travel information on vaudeville, music performance, burlesque, and other popular forms of entertainment of the period.
• Charleston Times-Courier Open Access
  Archive of the Charleston Times-Courier and the Mattoon Journal Gazette.
• Chicago Tribune
  Fulltext Articles | 1985 to the present
• Chicago Tribune (Historical)
  Fulltext Articles | 1849-1990
• Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
  Topics: Fulltext Articles | New York Herald | Charleston Mercury | Richmond Enquirer | November 1, 1860 to April 15, 1865
• Collegiate Chronicle Collection Open Access
  Selected Historical College Newspapers | Eagle from American University | Hoya from Georgetown University |F&M College Reporter from Lancaster | Lincolnian from Oxford | Weekly Gettysburgian from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Ithacan from Ithaca College in New York
• Daily Eastern News Archive Open Access
  Fulltext Articles | 1960-Present | Citations Indexed From 1914 to Present
• Digital Image Collections Open Access
  Various digital photograph resources either created by or licensed to Booth Library.
• Farm, Field and Fireside Collection Open Access
  Historically significant U.S. farm weeklies published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
• Google Scholar with EIU Electronic JournalsResearch Help
  Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Use the Get Full Text @ EIU link to access Booth Library`s electronic journals. View this tutorial http://booth.eiu.edu/gscholarsettings to learn how to set Google Scholar preferences for EIU journals in the generic Google Scholar.
• Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection Open Access
  Historic Illinois Newspapers | 1831-1975 | Urbana Daily Courier | Sangamo Journal | University of Illinois collegiate newspaper The Daily Illini | And More
• JSTOR Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Scholarly Journal Articles and Book Chapters | Broad Range of Disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences & Field Sciences
• New York Times (1980-present)
  Search five New York Times publications | Late Edition (East Coast) | International Edition | Book Review | NYT Magazine | Online Edition | subset of Global Newsstream
• New York Times (Historical)
  Full text articles | 1851-2014
• Newspaper Library, University of Illinois Open Access
  Search for newspaper holdings at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the "World`s Largest University Newspaper Library."
• Newspaper Source/EBSCO
  Fulltext Articles | U. S and International Newspapers
• Nineteenth Century U. S. Newspapers (Gale)
  Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century America | American Civil War | African American Culture and History | Westward Migration | Antebellum-Era Life | Political Party Newspapers
• Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800
  Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through the early 1800`s | Benjamin Franklin`s Newspaper | Firsthand View of Colonial America
• Public Agenda Online Open Access
  Nonprofit Public Opinion Research Organization | Summaries of Current Social Issues | Education | Health Care | Economy | Environment
• RAND Online Publications Open Access
  Nonprofit Think Tank | Summaries of Research | Arts | Child Policy | Civil Justice | Education | Energy and Environment | Health and Health Care | International Affairs | National Security | Population and Aging | Public Safety | Science and Technology | Substance Abuse | Terrorism and Homeland Security | Transportation and Infrastructure | Workforce and Workplace Issues
• Readers' Guide Retrospective
  Index to Popular Magazines | 1890 to 1982 | Some Linked to Fulltext Articles
• Scopus
  Peer-reviewed research | Citations and abstracts | Science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities | Search for cited references and author and affiliation profiles | Data from over 22,000 journals and over 150,000 books | Track, analyze, and visualize scholarly research | Create an account to save searches and set up email alerts
• Times (London) Digital Archive
  Fulltext Articles | 1785-1985
• Wiley Online Library eBooks
  Over 3000 ebooks from Wiley from 2017-2021 across 60+ subject areas | May be used as course materials or for course reserves | Unlimited access through June 30, 2021 | Provided through Booth Library's CARLI consortium membership
• World Newspapers Open Access
  Fulltext Articles | Current Newspapers from Around the World